Lydall Industrial Thermal Solution
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Fractures — GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
| Employer | Lydall Industrial Thermal Solution | Report ID | 2022010864 |
| Address | 68 George Street | City, State ZIP | GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK 12183 |
| Event Date | January 28, 2022 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures | Body Part | Arm(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Source of Injury | Paper production machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 333413 | Inspection # | 1576885 |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.74000, -73.69000 | ||
Incident Narrative
At approximately 8:30 p.m. EST on 1/28/2022, an employee noticed some "heavy stock" coming through the product being run on the line and notified the Machine Tender. The Machine Tender proceeded to the wet end and performed a visual inspection of both the forming and saturator sections. The Machine Tender saw some stock (microfiber) coating an outside roll on the saturator section of the machine. The Machine Tender crawled under the machine frame to gain access to the roll and started to remove the fiber off the roll. Toward the back of the roll, the employee's hand and arm were pulled into the nip point formed by the saturator wire and roll. The employee's arm was fractured.
Incident Summary
On January 28, 2022, a worker at Lydall Industrial Thermal Solution in GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK suffered fractures to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with paper production machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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