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ACECO, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Cuts, lacerations — WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at ACECO, LLC in WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Employer ACECO, LLC Report ID 2017109531
Address 80 I St., SE City, State ZIP WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20003
Event Date October 4, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
Industry (NAICS) 236220 Inspection # 1271156
GPS Coordinates 38.88000, -77.00000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam from a piece of demolition equipment used to recycle and process refuse concrete when his right arm entered the point of operation. His arm tendons and arteries were severed, requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On October 4, 2017, a worker at ACECO, LLC in WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA suffered cuts, lacerations to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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