Patrick Industries, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Avulsions, enucleations — MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Patrick Industries, Inc. in MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Patrick Industries, Inc. Report ID 2023076703
Address 20 Eby Chiques Road City, State ZIP MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA 17552
Event Date July 25, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Avulsions, enucleations Body Part Hand(s) and wrist(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326130 Inspection # 1687855
GPS Coordinates 40.10000, -76.46000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a machine. As they were scraping the bottom roller of the board coater, their left hand was pulled in and pinched between the underside of the plate and the bottom roller. The employee suffered a left hand degloving injury from the fingertips to their mid-wrist that involved nerve, vessel, and tendon avulsions. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 25, 2023, a worker at Patrick Industries, Inc. in MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA suffered avulsions, enucleations to the hand(s) and wrist(s). 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.

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