Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valley Produce, Harvesting & Hauling Co., Browns Farms Rd, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33480
on — Fractures, affecting the upper extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working behind the platform cutting and placing romaine lettuce heads on a table. A plastic bag used to package the lettuce flew up into a conveyor belt toward one of the rollers. The employee went to grab the bag and the belt caught the sleeve of his shirt pulling his right arm into the machine and around the roller. The employee suffered fractures and lacerations that required surgery.
HospitalizedUpper extremities, unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, unspecified
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