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Midwest Scrap Management

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Fractures — PARK CITY, KANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Midwest Scrap Management in PARK CITY, KANSAS
Employer Midwest Scrap Management Report ID 20201111232
Address 850 East 45th Street North City, State ZIP PARK CITY, KANSAS 67219
Event Date November 30, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Multiple body parts, unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 423930 Inspection # 1504632
GPS Coordinates 37.76000, -97.32000

Incident Narrative

An employee was checking a double feed roller hydraulic assembly to see if any obstructions were keeping it from opening all the way. As the employee removed a piece of steel, the employee was crushed in the hydraulic assembly resulting in fractured ribs and vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On November 30, 2020, a worker at Midwest Scrap Management in PARK CITY, KANSAS suffered fractures to the multiple body parts, 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

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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