MORTON, MISSISSIPPI—
Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC, 410 Koch Dr., Ste. 100, MORTON, MISSISSIPPI 39117 on — Fractures , affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was sanitizing the batter machine when the rotating shaft inside the pump fractured their left index and middle fingers.
More severe injuries at Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC
MORTON, MISSISSIPPI—
Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).
MORTON, MISSISSIPPI—
KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC
An employee was using a handsaw in the debone area and amputated their left thumb.
MORTON, MISSISSIPPI—
Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC
An employee was stepping down from her work stand when her foot was caught in a cardboard box and she fell to the floor. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a compound fracture of the right wrist.
MORTON, MISSISSIPPI—
KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC
An employee was walking in an ice house when he stepped on a roller bearing access cover, causing his left foot to fall into an auger. He suffered a laceration to the foot and a fractured toe.
MORTON, MISSISSIPPI—
KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC
An employee exited his vehicle in the parking lot and tripped over the precast concrete parking bumper, fracturing his right hip.
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