OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221450307
WILO USA, LLC
COLLIERVILLE, TN·
Event description
Employee fractures arm and ribs after shirt is caught in mac
Investigation abstract
At 3:00 p.m. on February 18, 2022, an employee was checking the threads on a pipe with a thread pitch gauge. The thread pitch gauge became stuck, as the employee attempted to free the gauge, their shirt was caught in the machine's three-jaw chuck. The employee was pulled into the three-jaw chuck, resulting in fractures to his arm and ribs, resulting in a hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 704
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