Phelps Cement Products Incorporated

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Cuts, lacerations — PHELPS, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Phelps Cement Products Incorporated in PHELPS, NEW YORK
Employer Phelps Cement Products Incorporated Report ID 2015064022
Address 5 South Newark Street City, State ZIP PHELPS, NEW YORK 14532
Event Date June 23, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Ankle(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Stacking machinery
Secondary Source Skids, pallets
Industry (NAICS) 327331 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 42.95000, -77.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee got his right foot and ankle caught in a pallet that was then pulled into the roller on the palletizer. When the pallet was rolling forward it cut his right ankle into the bone. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On June 23, 2015, a worker at Phelps Cement Products Incorporated in PHELPS, NEW YORK suffered cuts, lacerations to the ankle(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with stacking machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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