Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bunge Milling, Inc., 321 E North St, DANVILLE, ILLINOIS 61832
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
On September 1, 2020, at approximately 8:00 p.m., an employee was working on conduit for a new installation from the platform of a scissor lift that was not yet elevated when it came in contact with (and was dragged by) a rotary dryer. The employee was crushed between the scissor lift and the rotary blower, suffering fractures on his mandible, clavicle, and right orbital bone. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
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