Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Belden Brick, Plant 8, 700 Edelweiss Drive Northeast, SUGARCREEK, OHIO 44681
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was conducting quality assurance on the manufactured bricks on a conveyor belt when their right hand and arm were caught between the conveyor belt and sheave. They sustained a laceration to their right hand and arm.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedConveyors-belt
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