Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CHS Inc, 305 Cedar Avenue, ONIDA, SOUTH DAKOTA 57564
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a conveyor. The employee's right foot fell through a top plate and was injured by the conveyor.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedMaterial and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
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