Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221471493

WEST LAKE FOOD CORPORATION

Event
Arm, Automatic Machine, Caught Between, Clearing, Contusion, Conveyor, Crushed, Fracture, Inspection, Jammed, Production Line
NAICS
311422
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345766778
Employer profile
WEST LAKE FOOD CORPORATION
Summary number
221471493
Report ID
0950631

Event description

Employee incurs forearm contusion and ulnar fracture when ca

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee was monitoring the Unimac UNI 304 Automatic Loader as cans of broth were transported on the conveyor toward the metal pressure cooker racks when one of he cans of broth fell onto its side in the path of the laser stopping the conveyor. The employee grabbed the can and stood it upright allowing the laser to to pass unobstructed. The machine resumed operation squeezing the cans together with four movable surfaces. The employee's left forearm was caught between two moving surfaces bruising and fracturing the bone. The employee was transported to a local hospital and was treated and released for a left forearm contusion and an ulnar fracture.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 60 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    779

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