Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Republic Conduit, Inc., 633 Georgia Tubing Road, CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA 39832
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was trying to align steel coils with the entry point of an end welder. The employee's right hand was caught between a steel coil and the adjustment screw at the entry point of the machine. The employee suffered a puncture and a fracture to the hand.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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