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Wheelabrator Millbury Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Wheelabrator Millbury Inc. in MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Wheelabrator Millbury Inc. Report ID 2022032660
Address 331 SW Cutoff (Rt 20) City, State ZIP MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS 01527
Event Date March 24, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Conveyors-screw, auger
Industry (NAICS) 221119 Inspection # 1586113
GPS Coordinates 42.22000, -71.76000

Incident Narrative

An employee was hosing down a screw conveyor. The conveyor caught and injured his hand.

Incident Summary

On March 24, 2022, a worker at Wheelabrator Millbury Inc. in MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with conveyors-screw, auger identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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