US GREENFIBER, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Fractures — WILKES BARRE, Pennsylvania

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at US GREENFIBER, LLC in WILKES BARRE, Pennsylvania
Employer US GREENFIBER, LLC
Address 157 Passan Drive - Building #2
City, State ZIP WILKES BARRE, Pennsylvania 18702
Report ID 2017065090
Event Date June 5, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 322299
Inspection # 1240080
GPS Coordinates 41.30000, -75.78000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was walking between a bagger gate and bagger snout of a bagger machine operated by a coworker when the coworker cycled the bagger machine. The mechanical bagger gate then struck and crushed the employee's left leg, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On June 5, 2017, a worker at US GREENFIBER, LLC in WILKES BARRE, Pennsylvania suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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