Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aberdeen Road Company, 105 East Sinking Springs Lane, EMIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17318
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a laminator machine to make a splice. The splice began coming apart and the employee reached for it, resulting in a crush injury and fractures to the right arm. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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