MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS·
GLEN-GERY CORPORATION
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GLEN-GERY CORPORATION, 1401 BROADWAY ST., P.O. BOX 306, MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS 61341 on , Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On November 4, 2021, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee connected a chain to a flat railroad car and transfer puller that pulls kiln cars out of a dryer. As the transfer car was pulling the drying car, the chain came loose and the employee reached to grab the moving chain. The chain snagged and became tight, and the employee's thumb was caught between the chain links. The employee was hospitalized for a deep laceration to his thumb that required surgery.
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