Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at TRIUMPH FOODS, LLC
Start: 4/13/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018043561 · 4/13/2018 · TRIUMPH FOODS, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: TRIUMPH FOODS, LLC
Location: 5302 STOCKYARDS EXPRESSWAY, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing near a combo machine waiting to relieve someone on the casing puller when he attempted to move casing that was stuck in the combo machine. The rollers grabbed his gloved hand and pulled it into the rubber-clad rollers. His right pinky, ring, and middle fingers were crushed.

Source

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