OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221395502

KELLOGG COMPANY

OMAHA, NE· 2021-09-21T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Broken Bone, Caught Between, Caught By, Clearing, Climbing on Ladder, Compound Fracture, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Ladder, Lost Balance, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Production Line, Pulled In, Unstable Position
NAICS: 311230
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345548960
Employer profile: KELLOGG COMPANY
Summary number: 221395502
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee fractures arm, lacerates hand when pulled into conv

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working for a breakfast cereal manufacturer was using a stepladder to access an overhead conveyor belt. The employee was removing accumulated material from the conveyor belt when he lost his balance. He reached out to stabilize himself and grabbed the tension roller with his right hand. The running belt pulled his hand and forearm in between the tensioner and belt. The employee then tried again to stabilize himself by grabbing something with his left hand, which got caught as well. The employee was hospitalized to treat a compound fracture to his right humerus and radius and a laceration to his left hand.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
2

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