Fractures

Name: Fractures at Perdue Farms
Start: 1/13/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010304 · 1/13/2016 · Perdue Farms

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Perdue Farms
Location: 250 Georgia Hwy, 247 Spur, PERRY, GEORGIA, 31069
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee climbed to the top of an ergonomic stand and started talking to a coworker while his right forearm rested on a support bar. When the machine (line) started to come back up, his arm was pinned and fractured.

Source

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