Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tip Top Poultry, Inc., 327 Wallace Road, MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30065
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was waiting for the operator to start-up the machine and had her right hand resting flat on top of the turn-wheel, partially supporting her weight. When the operator started the machine, the turn-wheel rotated her right hand towards the opening where the giblets drop to be pushed into the package. As a result, her hand entered the opening as the push arm was actuated causing fractures to some small hand bones and a 1/4" puncture (depth) wound to the back of her hand from a bolt.
An employee was setting up a picking room when hot water spilled and caused second degree burns to the employee's neck, back, arm, and chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading chicken coops from a trailer on a dock. The employee turned to place a coop on a conveyor, and his foot slipped down next to the knuckle chain. He fell, breaking his left leg between the tibia and fibula.
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