MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
CONAGRA Foods Inc
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CONAGRA Foods Inc, 30 MARR STREET, MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA 17847 on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
At about 11:00 p.m. on February 26, 2022, an employee was on an A-frame ladder, trying to unjam cardboard from a depalletizer machine, when the cardboard came loose and she fell. She landed on her feet and suffered a broken right knee. She was hospitalized.
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