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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20211210926 · 12/20/2021 · Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-belt
Secondary source
Clothing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC
Location
501 Paden Rd, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was stacking 40-pound boxes of chicken leg quarters. A rotating hose clamp below the guard/conveyor on a conveyor belt caught the employee's smock sleeve and pulled his left arm down at an angle, breaking the forearm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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