Fractures

Name: Fractures at Wayne Farms LLC
Start: 9/3/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017098494 · 9/3/2017 · Wayne Farms LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wayne Farms LLC
Location: 444 Baskin Street South, UNION SPRINGS, ALABAMA, 36089
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a bird from the bird chiller machine when the employee's right arm above the elbow was caught in the machine, fracturing and lacerating the upper right bicep. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Source

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