AMERICAN WOODMARK CORPORATION

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - EASTANOLLEE, Georgia

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at AMERICAN WOODMARK CORPORATION in EASTANOLLEE, Georgia
Employer AMERICAN WOODMARK CORPORATION
Address 398 Woodmark Drive
City, State ZIP EASTANOLLEE, Georgia 30538
Report ID 20201010009
Event Date October 21, 2020
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source of Injury Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 337110
GPS Coordinates 34.52000, -83.25000

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Incident Narrative

An employee had begun to shut down a roll coat/top coat machine when material spilled on the carrier rollers. The employee used a tool to reach the roll and remove the material. The machine grabbed the tool and the employee's left arm was pulled into the machine. The employee was hospitalized and a surgical procedure was performed.

Incident Summary

On October 21, 2020, a worker at AMERICAN WOODMARK CORPORATION in EASTANOLLEE, Georgia suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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