Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Penn Aluminum International LLC, 1117 North Second Street, MURPHYSBORO, ILLINOIS 62966
on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On March 18, 2022, an employee was removing a broken-off piece of aluminum from inside a machine. A limit switch closed, the machine's carriage moved forward, and the employee's arm was caught between the carriage and the die face. The employee suffered a crushed hand and a broken arm and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputationHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedExtruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
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