GLEN-GERY CORPORATION

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation - Cuts, lacerations - MARSEILLES, Illinois

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at GLEN-GERY CORPORATION in MARSEILLES, Illinois
Employer GLEN-GERY CORPORATION
Address 1401 BROADWAY ST., P.O. BOX 306
City, State ZIP MARSEILLES, Illinois 61341
Report ID 2021119554
Event Date November 4, 2021
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations
Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source of Injury Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 327331
GPS Coordinates 41.32000, -88.68000

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Incident Narrative

On November 4, 2021, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee connected a chain to a flat railroad car and transfer puller that pulls kiln cars out of a dryer. As the transfer car was pulling the drying car, the chain came loose and the employee reached to grab the moving chain. The chain snagged and became tight, and the employee's thumb was caught between the chain links. The employee was hospitalized for a deep laceration to his thumb that required surgery.

Incident Summary

On November 4, 2021, a worker at GLEN-GERY CORPORATION in MARSEILLES, Illinois suffered cuts, lacerations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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