Insulation Technologies Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - BROWNSVILLE, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Insulation Technologies Inc. in BROWNSVILLE, Texas
Employer Insulation Technologies Inc.
Address 18601 R.L. Ostos Rd.
City, State ZIP BROWNSVILLE, Texas 78521
Report ID 2023032323
Event Date March 14, 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 Conveyors-bucket, cup
Industry (NAICS) 562910
Inspection # 1674434
GPS Coordinates 25.95669, -97.37668

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Incident Narrative

An employee was unbolting a metal plate to access a bucket elevator. When he was unbolting the last bolt, the metal plate cover was about to fall. As he went to catch the metal plate cover, his hand contacted the bucket elevator, resulting in a hand injury.

Incident Summary

On March 14, 2023, a worker at Insulation Technologies Inc. in BROWNSVILLE, Texas 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 conveyors-bucket, cup identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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