TUCKER, GEORGIA—
Hormel Foods Corporation
Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hormel Foods Corporation, 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA 30084 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was washing the oven room. When she turned on a heated water hose, her left leg was sprayed with 180-degree water causing second and third degree burns.
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An employee was cleaning a label cutter drum with a rag. His left index finger was caught in the cutter resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
TUCKER, GEORGIA—
Hormel Foods Corporation
An employee was pulling paper through the bottom of a transfer belt and amputated their right index fingertip.
TUCKER, GEORGIA—
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Employees were moving an auger to do repairs on the filler bowl. As the two employees touched the auger, they experienced an electrical shock. One employee was hospitalized with electrical burns.
TUCKER, GEORGIA—
Hormel Foods Corporation
On November 23, 2022, an employee was using a meat cutting machine. The machine became jammed and upon clearing the jam, the employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.
TUCKER, GEORGIA—
Hormel Foods Corporation
An employee was clearing a jam in a baking mold press when their hand became caught. The employee was hospitalized for a wrist sprain and hand injury that required stitches.
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