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Pritium Packaging

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments — HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pritium Packaging in HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY
Employer Pritium Packaging Report ID 2015063442
Address 208 Cougar Ct. City, State ZIP HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY 08844
Event Date June 5, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326160 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.52000, -74.63000

Incident Narrative

An employee tore the tendon in his left arm while replacing a hydraulic pump on a blow molding machine.

Incident Summary

On June 5, 2015, a worker at Pritium Packaging in HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY suffered major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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