PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. in PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
Employer PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. Report ID 2019032982
Address 2901 PLANTERS DRIVE City, State ZIP PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71601
Event Date March 21, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Secondary Source Suits, coats, jackets
Industry (NAICS) 339999 Inspection # 1386717
GPS Coordinates 34.22000, -91.97000

Incident Narrative

An employee working next to the filter house was blowing down a fan slab under the filter house hopper when his jacket sleeve became tangled in a rotating shaft, pulling his left arm into the shaft. He suffered a mangled left hand, wrist, and forearm.

Incident Summary

On March 21, 2019, a worker at PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. in PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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