Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Savannah Global Solutions, LLC, 147 E. Industrial Blvd, PEMBROKE, GEORGIA 31321
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a hitch pin on a manual lathe using a terrycloth rag. The rag was pulled into the spinning three-jaw chuck, pulling his left arm into the machine. The employee sustained an open left arm fracture three inches above the wrist.
HospitalizedForearm(s)Lathes, unspecified
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