OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391147

RIVER RUN FOODS DE LLC

NORTHUMBERLAND, PA· 2021-08-27T00:00:00

Event: Belt Conveyor, Catch Point, Caught By, Cleaning, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Electrical Wire, Food processing, Hair, Head, Inexperience, Laceration, Scalp, Scalped, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 311422
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345529457
Employer profile: RIVER RUN FOODS DE LLC
Summary number: 221391147
Report ID: 0317700

Event description

Employee cleaning sustains scalping when caught by conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 10:40 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working for a canning plant was cleaning a conveyor near the inverter. As the employee was cleaning, the conveyor caught the employee's hair. The employee was hospitalized due to being scalped by the machine.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 F

Event type
2

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