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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015118700 · 11/17/2015 · Better Baked Foods, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name
Better Baked Foods, LLC
Location
2200 East 38th Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16510
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

As the employee was cleaning the cheese conveyor, his glove got caught on the conveyor pulling his hand and arm into a rotating circular shaft. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the right forearm requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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