Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Window & Door Manufacturing, Inc., 30 Corporate Dr, WAYNE, NEW JERSEY 07470
on — Fractures , affecting the Back lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was working between the two glass lines at a glass machine. Pieces of glass were not moving properly through the lines and the machine stopped working. The employee crawled under the table, bypassing the guard system, and walking into the "butterfly" section where the pieces of glass are put together. After moving some pieces of glass, the machine started working again and the employee was caught in the "butterfly." The employee sustained fractures to her L2-L5 vertebrae and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Back lumbar region Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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