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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422736

KOCH FOODS OF GADSDEN, LLC

Event
Arm, Caught By, Caught In, Conveyor Belt, Fracture
NAICS
311615
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345702997
Employer profile
KOCH FOODS OF GADSDEN, LLC
Summary number
221422736
Report ID
0418300

Event description

Employee fractures arm when caught in conveyor belt

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee was stacking 40 boxes of chicken leg quarters. The employee leaned forward on a slow moving conveyor belt. A rotating hose clamp below the guard/conveyor caught the employee's smock sleeve and pulled his left arm down at an angle, resulting in a fractured left forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Event type
    2

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