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Kissner Group

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Fractures — NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Kissner Group in NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
Employer Kissner Group Report ID 20181212362
Address 341 Pigeon Point Rd City, State ZIP NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE 19720
Event Date December 2, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Forearm(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 212393 Inspection # 1363805
GPS Coordinates 39.71000, -75.53000

Incident Narrative

At 8:35 p.m. on December 2, 2018, an employee was on a 9- to 10-foot mobile work platform ladder, using an air hose to dry the head pulley of a feed conveyor to keep it from slipping. The employee lost balance and began to fall forward, and their right glove was caught between the conveyor belt and the head pulley. The employee was pulled in, suffering a closed fracture to the ulna and radius.

Incident Summary

On December 2, 2018, a worker at Kissner Group in NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE suffered fractures to the forearm(s). 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.

Context

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