Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cargill Dry Corn Ingredients, Inc., 616 S Jefferson Street, PARIS, ILLINOIS 61944
on — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified, affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
On July 22, 2020, at approximately 12:15 PM, the injured employee had been removing a jammed bag from a packaging machine. A supervisor found the injured employee on the floor, unresponsive. The employee had been injured by the bag carriage device on the packer machine. He was hospitalized with head trauma, lacerations on the left eyebrow and back of the head, two broken ribs on the right side, and multiple fractures to the right side of the jaw requiring surgery.
HospitalizedHead and trunkPackaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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