Coastal Plywood Company
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Fractures - HAVANA, Florida
| Employer | Coastal Plywood Company |
| Address | 8007 Florida Georgia HWY |
| City, State ZIP | HAVANA, Florida 32333 |
| Report ID | 2016043316 |
| Event Date | April 20, 2016 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Arm(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Source of Injury | Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source | Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 423310 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.63524, -84.41712 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was strapping supply wood. The employee saw that the panel saw was not working properly and tried to fix the problem. The accumulator arm came in to catch the plywood panels while the X-lift was discharging the full load of plywood. The panels on the other side of the machine did not catch the accumulator arm, and the panels fell through and hit the X-lift. As the X-lift was coming back up, the employee saw the panels sticking up. He tried to push the panels on top of the X-lift. By that time, the X-lift had gone up, and his right hand was caught between the X-lift and the accumulator arm, resulting in a compound fracture to his right arm. He was hospitalized for surgery.
Incident Summary
On April 20, 2016, a worker at Coastal Plywood Company in HAVANA, Florida suffered fractures to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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