Fractures

Name: Fractures at Riega Foods
Start: 9/25/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024098972 · 9/25/2024 · Riega Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Augers except conveyor

Employer

Name: Riega Foods
Location: 8700 Elmwood Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64132
NAICS: 311942
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the hopper and auger of a spice packing machine. The employee put the auger in reverse to clear a jam in the machine when their right index finger was caught in the auger, resulting in two fractures.

Source

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