PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS—
GRT Rubber Technologies LLC
Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GRT Rubber Technologies LLC, 201 Dana Dr, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS 72450 on — Fractures , affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping another employee start a rubber spool on a tube. While the injured employee was helping to roll the tube, both of his hands got caught in the rubber spool and and the tube rolled on top of the employee causing two fractures to their right radius and lacerations around the right eye.
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