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Armstrong World Industries

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Armstrong World Industries in MACON, GEORGIA
Employer Armstrong World Industries Report ID 2018021976
Address 4520 Broadway Street City, State ZIP MACON, GEORGIA 31206
Event Date February 27, 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 Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 442210 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.77000, -83.65000

Incident Narrative

An employee was running board tiles through conveyor rollers of the sander when a board became jammed. As he attempted to remove the board, his right hand was caught and pulled into the hold-down rolls, suffering tissue damage above the wrist.

Incident Summary

On February 27, 2018, a worker at Armstrong World Industries in MACON, GEORGIA 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 grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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