Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at McKee Foods Corporation
Start: 7/31/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024076947 · 7/31/2024 · McKee Foods Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: McKee Foods Corporation
Location: 555 McKee Drive, GENTRY, ARKANSAS, 72734
NAICS: 311812
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a butterfly valve on top of a sugar mixer when his right hand was crushed by the valve. The employee sustained fractures, tendon damage, and stitches to the palm on the right hand. The valve was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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