CACTUS, TEXAS—
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. , 5950 Monfort Rd. , CACTUS, TEXAS 79013 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was verifying that ground beef transfer equipment had been cleaned. The equipment lacerated her lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
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