Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MBL (USA) CORPORATION, 601 DAYTON ROAD, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS 61350
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a calender machine. The employee climbed on top of the machine and was struck by a bucket that is used to move rubber. They became pinned between the machine and the bucket, resulting in broken ribs and a fractured vertebra that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedRolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
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