Exposure through medical injection · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Forrest Farms, Inc., East Valley, STRAWN, ILLINOIS 61775
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was holding a turkey so it could be injected with a vaccine by another employee. The turkey jumped, and the employee holding the turkey was injected. He was hospitalized.
An employee was preparing to vaccinate sows using a needle-free injection gun. The gun engaged and injected the employee's left palm. The employee experienced an allergic reaction.
An employee was delivering eggs to a hatchery. As he was on the tractor trailer raising the roll-up door, he slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in two wrist fractures and a fracture underneath the eye.
An employee was using an articulating front end loader to move bales of hay. The loader tipped over on its side and broke the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.
On June 15, 2020, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee (temporary employee contracted to site) was reaching over a turkey gizzard processing machine when her gloved hand became trapped in the machine. The employee sustained a fractured thumb and was hospitalized.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.