Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ambassador Personnel, Inc., 113 McNeil Dr., DOUGLAS, GEORGIA 31533
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
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Final narrative
A temporary employee was sanitizing a machine when his arm was caught in the conveyor belt, resulting in a broken left arm and a laceration.
HospitalizedForearm(s)Machinery, unspecified
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