Brown-Forman Cooperage

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Fractures — WELLSTON, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Brown-Forman Cooperage in WELLSTON, OHIO
Employer Brown-Forman Cooperage Report ID 20161211604
Address 648 Salem Road City, State ZIP WELLSTON, OHIO 45692
Event Date December 13, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Forearm(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332439 Inspection # 1199474
GPS Coordinates 39.16000, -82.54000

Incident Narrative

An employee was trying to free a piece of material that was stuck in a conveyor when his right hand was pulled into the conveyor, resulting in a broken radius and ulna. He was hospitalized. The conveyor was moving at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On December 13, 2016, a worker at Brown-Forman Cooperage in WELLSTON, OHIO suffered fractures to the forearm(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-powered, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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