Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schreiber Foods, 127 Claxton Avenue, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI 64836
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While an employee was putting cheese into a cutter machine, his left arm got caught and crushed in the machine.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedDairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
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