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PRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATION

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Fractures — GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at PRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATION in GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY
Employer PRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATION Report ID 2019010116
Address 65 RIVER DRIVE City, State ZIP GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07026
Event Date January 4, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Wrist(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326113 Inspection # 1369630
GPS Coordinates 40.86000, -74.10000

Incident Narrative

An employee was at a machine loading plastic film on a cardboard tube when the employee's wrist was fractured in the machine's roller.

Incident Summary

On January 4, 2019, a worker at PRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATION in GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY suffered fractures to the wrist(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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