OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970814
STOUFFERS FOOD INC.
SPRINGVILLE, UT·
Event description
Employee injured when caught between palletizer and rail
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing shipping labels on full pallets that were being readi ed for plastic wrapping. She was kneeling down on the computer entry platform, r eaching through the midrail and toeboard of the guardrail. A full pallet was on the chain track being moved to the main roller conveyor. She misjudged the palle t's speed, and as she reached through to install the tag head, she was struck by the pallet and her hearing protective ear muff was scraped off. She sustained b ruises to her jaw and bleeding from her left ear. The guardrails were of standar d height and dimension. Employee #1 had put her head in a restricted area.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 888
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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