Prime Metal Products, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified - Cuts, lacerations - GERING, Nebraska

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Prime Metal Products, Inc. in GERING, Nebraska
Employer Prime Metal Products, Inc.
Address 220757 Hwy 92
City, State ZIP GERING, Nebraska 69341
Report ID 2021042867
Event Date April 6, 2021
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations
Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source of Injury Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Industry (NAICS) 332312
GPS Coordinates 41.81000, -103.63000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was dumping scraps of sheet metal into a waste bin. He was retrieving some pieces of metal from the hopper when they lacerated his left index and middle fingers.

Incident Summary

On April 6, 2021, a worker at Prime Metal Products, Inc. in GERING, Nebraska suffered cuts, lacerations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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