Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Start: 9/21/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098963 · 9/21/2020 · Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Angle irons
Secondary source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Location: 6773 U.S. Highway 84, BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA, 31516
NAICS: 112310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was inspecting the insulation of a drag conveyor when a piece of angle iron fell into an opening in the housing. The drag conveyor then contacted the angle iron causing it to strike an employee's left thumb. The employee's thumb sustained a deep laceration.

Source

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