International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC in PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
Employer International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC Report ID 2021087141
Address Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Dry Dock #4 City, State ZIP PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII 96860
Event Date August 21, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 336611 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 21.34000, -157.94000

Incident Narrative

An employee was doing housekeeping work with a 150-horsepower industrial vacuum. The vacuum sucked in a piece of plastic, then sucked in the employee's right arm as the employee tried to remove the plastic. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the arm.

Incident Summary

On August 21, 2021, a worker at International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC in PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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