Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - TONAWANDA, New York

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. in TONAWANDA, New York
Employer Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd.
Address 10 Sheridan Drive
City, State ZIP TONAWANDA, New York 14150
Report ID 2015031051
Event Date March 7, 2015
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Body Part Wrist(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326211
Inspection # 1045673
GPS Coordinates 42.96627, -78.92227

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Incident Narrative

An employee had just adjusted a nut on the motorcycle tire-building machine he was servicing. He instructed the operator to put the machine into auto mode. When the employee's hand entered the machine, the beadset (a movable part on the machine) moved forward, and his wrist got caught in a crush point between the beadset and the drum.

Incident Summary

On March 7, 2015, a worker at Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. in TONAWANDA, New York suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the wrist(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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