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Crushing injuries
1 hospitalization · 2021108980 · 10/18/2021 · VERIPAC, LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Forearm(s)
- Nature of injury
- Crushing injuries
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Extruding machinery
Employer
- Name
- VERIPAC, LLC
- Location
- 4765 Earth City Expressway, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- NAICS
- 326121
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
A temporary employee was cleaning extruder rollers when his left forearm was pinned and crushed. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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