Harlan Global Manufacturing LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. — KANSAS CITY, KANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Harlan Global Manufacturing LLC in KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
Employer Harlan Global Manufacturing LLC Report ID 2018066544
Address 27 Stanley Rd City, State ZIP KANSAS CITY, KANSAS 66115
Event Date June 30, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. Body Part Multiple head locations
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 333924 Inspection # 1327005
GPS Coordinates 39.13000, -94.61000

Incident Narrative

At 6:45 a.m. on June 30, 2018, two employees were rebuilding a truck's transmission. They started the truck after replacing the bearings. The back shaft caught one employee's hair, pulling his scalp away from his head and partially amputating one of his ears. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On June 30, 2018, a worker at Harlan Global Manufacturing LLC in KANSAS CITY, KANSAS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. to the multiple head locations. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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