Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Fractures — HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc. in HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc. Report ID 2019032239
Address 1616 North Cameron Street City, State ZIP HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17103
Event Date March 1, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Wrist(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 423930 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.27000, -76.87000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working at a shredder. The employee's hand/right arm was wrapped around a conveyor's tail pulley; the employee suffered a broken right wrist and skin damage on the underside of the upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized. The pulley was guarded at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On March 1, 2019, a worker at Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc. in HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA suffered fractures to the wrist(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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