Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TRIUMPH FOODS, LLC, 5302 STOCKYARDS EXPRESSWAY, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI 64504
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was installing a fan guard on a refrigeration unit and fell from a one man lift. The employee had a harness with a single lanyard on at the time of the incident. He reached up to put guards on top of the unit. As he was trying to reach a bolt at the 12 o'clock position, he stepped on the middle rail of the lift basket, disconnected the lanyard to tie off on a bracket for the refrigeration unit, flipped, and fell 25-28 feet.
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Two maintenance employees were unplugging a hair chute on a 9' high bin. One employee accessed the chute through the access door. Hair and air blew out the access door and knocked the employee backward off the top of the hair bin to the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to both wrists. The machine does not have guard rails and fall protection was not in place at the time.
An employee stepped off a walkie/rider. It moved forward, and the employee was caught between it and a barrier. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg.
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