Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tred-MOR Sponge Cushion Inc, 902 Armstrong St., MORRIS, ILLINOIS 60450
on — Fractures , affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
After replacing an air cylinder, an employee was under a conveyor belt to move it back to center. His left arm was pulled into the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm.
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