Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wayne Farms, LLC, 977 Wayne Poultry Road, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA 30567
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing rework at the end of a poultry line. A skinner stopped running, causing breast meat to pile up on a belt. The employee was trying to divert the product off the belt when a rework hook snagged her glove and began to pull her down the line. Her right hand was lacerated.
An employee was walking through a storage space near the wash area when they slipped on a piece of debris and fell on the concrete floor. The employee's left femur was fractured.
An employee entered a poultry house to identify an issue with a disabled lift when he was struck by a forklift. The employee sustained three fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung. He also sustained scratches on his head and swelling around his right eye.
An employee was using a hose to clean out the scale conveyor belt when he noticed a piece of product stuck in the conveyor. While removing it, the employee's right arm was caught in the running conveyor, resulting in a right arm fracture and hospitalization.
An employee stepped down onto a stairway with seven risers, putting both of his hands on the rails. He fell onto his arms and slid down the stairway while still holding the rails. His left leg made contact with the concrete floor first, and his tibia and fibula were broken. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was cleaning/foaming the floors between lines 2 and 3 when they slipped on a piece of chicken skin and twisted their leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibial plateau.
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An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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