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Lucedale Forestry Products, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Fractures — LUCEDALE, MISSISSIPPI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Lucedale Forestry Products, LLC in LUCEDALE, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Lucedale Forestry Products, LLC Report ID 2019044006
Address 1179 Evanston Road City, State ZIP LUCEDALE, MISSISSIPPI 39452
Event Date April 18, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Hand(s) and wrist(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Furnaces, heaters
Industry (NAICS) 321113 Inspection # 1394858
GPS Coordinates 30.92000, -88.55000

Incident Narrative

An employee was visually inspecting the feed of shavings to a furnace when his hand became caught in an auger at the top of the furnace. He sustained multiple fractures and lacerations to the right hand and wrist.

Incident Summary

On April 18, 2019, a worker at Lucedale Forestry Products, LLC in LUCEDALE, MISSISSIPPI suffered fractures to the hand(s) and wrist(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with furnaces, heaters identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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