Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SMI Holdings dba Stampede Meat, Inc., 7351 South 78th Avenue, BRIDGEVIEW, ILLINOIS 60455
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing meat from a packing machine when their sleeve got caught in the conveyor roller. The employee's hand and arm were pulled into the machine, resulting in a fracture to the hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedPackaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
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