Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Thermal burns degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Freedom Corrugated LLC, 595 Oak Ridge Road, HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA 18202
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was putting paper through the rolls on a machine when their gloved hand became entangled in the rollers. The employee's forearm was pulled into the machine between the belt-driven roller and a hot, steam-heated roller. The employee's right forearm sustained burn injuries that required hospitalization and surgical repair.
Hospitalized Forearm(s) Special process machinery unspecified
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