Fractures

Name: Fractures at Republic Foods
Start: 2/9/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022021245 · 2/9/2022 · Republic Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Animal carcass, roadkill

Employer

Name: Republic Foods
Location: 1921 W US -50, LONE JACK, MISSOURI, 64070
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trimming the snout of a beef carcass with a butcher knife when the tendon that was securing the carcass to the holding area snapped, causing the carcass to fall and land on top of employee. The employee suffered a broken bone in the neck.

Source

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