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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2021021812 · 2/27/2021 · JCG INDUSTRIES DBA KOCH FOODS OF CHICAGO

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
JCG INDUSTRIES DBA KOCH FOODS OF CHICAGO
Location
4404 W. BERTEAU AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60641
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee reached into equipment to remove a piece of chicken debris as part of the sanitation process. When the employee reached into the equipment, the water pressure activated and caused the employee to strike their hand against the machine, resulting in a laceration to their middle and ring fingers that required stitches. The equipment was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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