Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ruiz Foods
Start: 10/2/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109455 · 10/2/2017 · Ruiz Foods

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name: Ruiz Foods
Location: 2410 Texoma Dr., DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
NAICS: 424420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an industrial mixer to mix filler when he attempted to wipe the filler off the mixer. His right hand went into the opening and was struck by one of the mixer paddles, lacerating and fracturing it. The mixer was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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