Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., 8295 Arenzville Rd., BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS 62618
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
At 5:30 a.m. on November 23, 2020, an employee was trying to unjam a piece of meat from an overhead rib transfer belt when the employee's arm was caught in the belt. The employee's arm and wrist were broken and the employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedWrist(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedConveyors-belt
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