OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221491806
WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS
DECATUR, AL—
Event description
Employee fractures arm on production line
Investigation abstract
At 2:55 p.m. on August 18, 2022, an employee was removing breast meat from a passing carcass and tossing the breast onto a conveyor. The employee reached through the moving cone line to retrieve a misplaced carcass when the carcass rammed his arm into a COVID-19 barrier pole. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Event type
- 6
- Occupation code
- 0
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