Fractures

Name: Fractures at KELLOGG COMPANY
Start: 1/30/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015010970 · 1/30/2015 · KELLOGG COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Lathes, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: KELLOGG COMPANY
Location: 9601 F STREET, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68127
NAICS: 311230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe in the packing maintenance shop. The employee was using emery cloth to buff a shaft when the employee's gloved right hand was pulled into the lathe. The employee fractured the right wrist and three fingers, requiring an overnight inpatient hospitalization and surgery at UNMC hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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