Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant, 5163 Thompson Bridge Road, MURRAYVILLE, GEORGIA 30564
on — Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a high pressure hose to wash a conveyor belt. His smock got caught in a sprocket on the machine resulting in an upper right arm fracture.
HospitalizedUpper arm(s)Conveyors-belt
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