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Fourway Ginning Association

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — SEAGRAVES, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Fourway Ginning Association in SEAGRAVES, TEXAS
Employer Fourway Ginning Association Report ID 2018010196
Address 1598 CO RD 211 City, State ZIP SEAGRAVES, TEXAS 79359
Event Date January 7, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 115111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.88000, -102.72000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean out cotton that had accumulated in a gin's lint cleaner when his arm became caught in the lint cleaner.

Incident Summary

On January 7, 2018, a worker at Fourway Ginning Association in SEAGRAVES, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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