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Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

1 hospitalization · 2024032835 · 3/30/2024 · Refresco Beverages

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
Nature of injury
Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Stacking machinery
Secondary source
"Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name
Refresco Beverages
Location
1410 East Veterans Memorial Parkway, TRUESDALE, MISSOURI, 63380
NAICS
312111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a palletizer machine. The machine cycled and his right hand was crushed between an empty pallet lift and the frame. He was hospitalized. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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