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Piston Automotive

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Piston Automotive in WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI
Employer Piston Automotive Report ID 2023021657
Address 209 Logistics Center Drive City, State ZIP WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI 63385
Event Date February 21, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 336111 Inspection # 1652573
GPS Coordinates 38.82000, -90.84000

Incident Narrative

An employee used a ladder to access the upper portion of a machine. While clearing a jam the employee's hand got caught in the machine. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On February 21, 2023, a worker at Piston Automotive in WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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