Fractures

Name: Fractures at Empirical Foods, Inc.
Start: 5/20/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023054506 · 5/20/2023 · Empirical Foods, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Empirical Foods, Inc.
Location: 6001 Dakota Avenue, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning and inspecting an in-feed conveyor belt when their right arm was caught in the conveyor drive chain and sprocket, resulting in fractures and lacerations.

Source

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