Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WM RECYCLE AMERICA, L.L.C., 84 Birnie Avenue, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01107
on , Fractures and dislocations, affecting the shoulder(s) and arm(s).
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Final narrative
On September 26, 2022, an employee was on a step ladder to adjust a belt tail pulley on a commingle machine. Momentum from the adjustment caused the employee to slip on the ladder. He attempted to brace himself and his arm was pulled into the machine's rotating belt. The employee sustained a degloving injury and fracture to the right forearm, as well as a dislocation of the right shoulder.
HospitalizedShoulder(s) and arm(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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