Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Koch Foods of Alabama, LLC, 400 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA 36037
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to clear a jam that occurred inside of a vacuum pipe leading to a tank that holds debris from freshly hatched chickens. The employee removed an access cover to remove the blockage when the knife cage closed on his hand causing a deep laceration that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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