Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Utz Quality Foods, Inc.
Start: 8/17/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085833 · 8/17/2015 · Utz Quality Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Utz Quality Foods, Inc.
Location: 1437 Broadway, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was packing bags of baked snacks into shipping boxes. While moving from the packing area to another section of the plant, the employee went under a portable conveyor and pulled it down while trying to support their weight. The conveyor belt fell onto the employee, lacerating the head and arm and requiring arterial cauterization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown