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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017032038 · 3/4/2017 · Quietflex Manufacturing Company, LP

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower extremities, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Quietflex Manufacturing Company, LP
Location
4518 BRITTMOORE RD., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS
327993
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

At approximately 8:25 a.m. on 3/4/2017, an employee was working on top of the cooling conveyor while cleaning the oven conveyor. The cleaning hose became caught in a gap between the oven roller and the conveyer unit and wrapped around his foot pulling both feet and lower legs into the gap. The employee was caught in and struck by the oven roller. The employee was admitted to the hospital with multiple fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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