voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Fractures — WHITE, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville LLC in WHITE, GEORGIA
Employer voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville LLC Report ID 2021109141
Address 21 Voestalpine Drive NE City, State ZIP WHITE, GEORGIA 30184
Event Date October 23, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 336370 Inspection # 1560750
GPS Coordinates 34.27000, -84.78000

Incident Narrative

An employee was placing a long part into the resistance tester machine. The electrode tip came down on his right hand while he was holding the part and fractured two bones in his hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On October 23, 2021, a worker at voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville LLC in WHITE, GEORGIA suffered fractures to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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