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B & R Profiles

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BARTOW, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at B & R Profiles in BARTOW, FLORIDA
Employer B & R Profiles Report ID 2018010326
Address 216 Homeland Cemetary Rd. City, State ZIP BARTOW, FLORIDA 33830
Event Date January 10, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
Industry (NAICS) 517310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.82000, -81.82000

Incident Narrative

An employee was starting up a grinder pulverizer when he noticed that water was leaking from the pulverizer. As he tried to wipe away the water, his fingers became trapped by one of the pulverizer fins. He suffered a hand injury and was hospitalized. The pulverizer was running at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On January 10, 2018, a worker at B & R Profiles in BARTOW, FLORIDA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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