RESILUX AMERICA, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment - Fractures - PENDERGRASS, Georgia

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at RESILUX AMERICA, LLC in PENDERGRASS, Georgia
Employer RESILUX AMERICA, LLC
Address 265 JOHN BROOKS RD.
City, State ZIP PENDERGRASS, Georgia 30567
Report ID 2019077600
Event Date July 25, 2019
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source of Injury Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary Source Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326160
Inspection # 1420584
GPS Coordinates 34.14960, -83.66525

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Incident Narrative

An employee was pulling a mold out of a machine when the mold pinned the employee's hand against the machine, causing a laceration and fracture to the hand that required surgery and hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On July 25, 2019, a worker at RESILUX AMERICA, LLC in PENDERGRASS, Georgia suffered fractures to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with dies, molds, patterns identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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