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Clean Metal LLC dba 3 Rivers Metal

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Clean Metal LLC dba 3 Rivers Metal in FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA
Employer Clean Metal LLC dba 3 Rivers Metal Report ID 20171110577
Address 500 Virginia Ave City, State ZIP FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA 26554
Event Date November 2, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 562920 Inspection # 1275876
GPS Coordinates 39.47000, -80.14000

Incident Narrative

An employee had been cleaning an area near a conveyor. His left foot was resting on the frame of the conveyor when his left leg was pulled into the frame by a pulley or shaft.

Incident Summary

On November 2, 2017, a worker at Clean Metal LLC dba 3 Rivers Metal in FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with conveyors-powered, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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