Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, 2045 Highway 244, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA 35653
on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was removing packaging supplies from a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) or full-size freight elevator lift box. The two master links that connect the chains on each side of the gate to the counterweights failed and the inner door/gate fell down onto the employee and knocked her down to the ground. The door then bounced back up and came down onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula, compression fractures to vertebrae, and a collapsed lung.