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Schlotterbeck & Foss

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — WESTBROOK, MAINE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Schlotterbeck & Foss in WESTBROOK, MAINE
Employer Schlotterbeck & Foss Report ID 2019099634
Address 3 Ledgeview Drive City, State ZIP WESTBROOK, MAINE 04092
Event Date September 16, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311941 Inspection # 1432229
GPS Coordinates 43.65000, -70.36000

Incident Narrative

An employee heard a noise in a machine he was working on. He made a repair and had another employee turn the machine back on. His hand was inside the machine and his right index finger was caught and severely damaged in a mechanism in the panel. He was hospitalized and had surgery. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On September 16, 2019, a worker at Schlotterbeck & Foss in WESTBROOK, MAINE suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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