Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. dba PSSI
Start: 1/24/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010779 · 1/24/2020 · Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. dba PSSI

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. dba PSSI
Location: 4201 S. Ashland Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was spraying food processing equipment with a hose when the machine started running and caught the hose. The employee attempted to pull back on the hose and the employee's left hand was pulled into the machine, causing a laceration and penetrating injuries to the left hand.

Source

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