Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Start: 1/19/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021010514 · 1/19/2021 · Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Location: 2045 Highway 244, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35653
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing packaging supplies from a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) or full-size freight elevator lift box. The two master links that connect the chains on each side of the gate to the counterweights failed and the inner door/gate fell down onto the employee and knocked her down to the ground. The door then bounced back up and came down onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula, compression fractures to vertebrae, and a collapsed lung.

Source

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