Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GRASSLAND DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC., N8790 FAIRGROUND AVE., GREENWOOD, WISCONSIN 54437
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a winch to remove a pump for servicing. The cables broke, pinning the employee between the winch and some equipment. The employee sustained an injury to the chest area.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersDrums, pulleys, sheaves
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