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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20181111670 · 11/12/2018 · Cheese Merchants of America LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source
Suits, coats, jackets

Employer

Name
Cheese Merchants of America LLC
Location
1301 Schiferl Road, BARTLETT, ILLINOIS, 60103
NAICS
311513
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was packaging cheese when the line where the cups go in became jammed from excess cheese. While he was cleaning the area around the cups, the machine became unjammed and caught his lab coat on a metal chain. The chain then fractured his left forearm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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