Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Brookhaven Pellets, LLC
Start: 8/8/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025087843 · 8/8/2025 · Brookhaven Pellets, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Augers except conveyor

Employer

Name: Brookhaven Pellets, LLC
Location: 912 W.L. Behan Rd, BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, 39601
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing out a plugged auger on an activated pellet milling machine. The moving auger fractured and lacerated the employee's right arm, resulting in hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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