Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Best Chicago Meat Company, LLC, 4649 W. Armitage Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60639
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was removing residual meat from the paddles of a grinding machine when the machine cycled and broke his right hand. The machine was on at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedMeat grinders
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