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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021053653 · 5/3/2021 · The J.M. Smucker Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name
The J.M. Smucker Company
Location
2200 N.W. Brickyard Road, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66618
NAICS
311111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was adjusting conveyor tracking bolts at the bottom frame of the conveyor when he began to feel dizzy and grabbed the frame to balance himself. The employee's hand contacted the moving conveyor, resulting in broken bones in his hand that required hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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