Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wald Family Foods, 1144 Bridger Court, MCPHERSON, KANSAS 67460
on — Fractures , affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to remove hard, melted cheese from a sprocket on a conveyor belt system when his arm was caught by the belt and sprocket and pulled into machine. The employee sustained a broken right forearm.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
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