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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016076682 · 7/22/2016 · Gossner Foods - Magic Valley Cheese, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Special process machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name
Gossner Foods - Magic Valley Cheese, Inc
Location
1201 7th Street, HEYBURN, IDAHO, 83336
NAICS
311513
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While attempting to retrieve garbage from a machine, an employee's forearm was caught and crushed between a pallet lift and the machine frame. The machine was still operating at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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