RANDOM LAKE, WISCONSIN—
Krier Foods, Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Krier Foods, Inc., 551 Krier Ln., RANDOM LAKE, WISCONSIN 53075 on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was participating in a training activity to utilize a two-finger actuated jog trigger to advance the seamer machine. The machine jogged with the employee's hand near it, resulting in a crush injury to the right little finger.
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