TUCKER, GEORGIA—
Hormel Foods Corporation
Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified · Electrical burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hormel Foods Corporation, 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA 30084 on — Electrical burns, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
Employees were moving an auger to do repairs on the filler bowl. As the two employees touched the auger, they experienced an electrical shock. One employee was hospitalized with electrical burns.
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