M-D Building Products, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - BROOKLET, Georgia

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at M-D Building Products, Inc. in BROOKLET, Georgia
Employer M-D Building Products, Inc.
Address 3715 Brooklet Leefield Rd
City, State ZIP BROOKLET, Georgia 30415
Report ID 20171211563
Event Date December 5, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326199
GPS Coordinates 32.38939, -81.65860

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Incident Narrative

An employee was rebuilding a puller machine and had it locked out. The employee then re-energized and started the machine. Sometime after the machine was operational, the employee dropped a wrench on the floor next to the machine and attempted to pick it up with his right hand. His left hand was then pulled into the machine's belt and pulley system. The belt and pulley system was unguarded at the time.

Incident Summary

On December 5, 2017, a worker at M-D Building Products, Inc. in BROOKLET, Georgia suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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