Rivian Automotive, LLC

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

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Rivian Automotive, LLC in NORMAL, Illinois
Employer Rivian Automotive, LLC
Address 100 Rivian Motorway
City, State ZIP NORMAL, Illinois 61761
Report ID 2023021834
Event Date February 27, 2023
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations
Body Part Lumbar region
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 336111
GPS Coordinates 40.51079, -89.05953

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Incident Narrative

An employee was performing work on a truck body at the entrance of a paint shop when the truck body moved on the conveying system, causing the employee to get struck by the open gear tunnel door. The employee was hospitalized for a lower back laceration that required surgery.

Incident Summary

On February 27, 2023, a worker at Rivian Automotive, LLC in NORMAL, Illinois suffered cuts, lacerations to the lumbar region. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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