Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Midwest Manufacturing Corporation, 4801 N 264th St, VALLEY, NEBRASKA 68064
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was working near a cuber machine when it actuated and came down on him, injuring his abdomen. The cuber was guarded with a safety fence at the time.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersStacking machinery
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