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New England Wooden Ware Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Fractures — GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at New England Wooden Ware Corporation in GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer New England Wooden Ware Corporation Report ID 2018054720
Address 75 Logan St City, State ZIP GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS 01440
Event Date May 15, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 322211 Inspection # 1317183
GPS Coordinates 42.57000, -71.98000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning underneath a conveyor belt with a rag when the employee's right arm was pulled in by the conveyor belt, breaking two bones in the right hand.

Incident Summary

On May 15, 2018, a worker at New England Wooden Ware Corporation in GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS suffered fractures to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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