Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schwans Global Supply Chain Inc, 3019 Scanlan Ave, SALINA, KANSAS 67401
on — Fractures and burns, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to clear a pizza pan jam on the conveyor. The line was not shut down at the time. As the pans continued down the line, they jammed and pinned her left hand against the metal bar that guides the pans. She could not remove her hand and sustained a laceration, fracture, and burns to the palm.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedConveyors-powered, unspecified
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