CALDWELL, IDAHO·2024-11-05

JR Simplot

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at JR Simplot, 16757 Simplot Blvd, CALDWELL, IDAHO 83607 on 2024-11-05, Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the other finger(s) n.e.c..

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Final narrative

An employee was cleaning potatoes from the peeler line when his index finger and thumb were pinched by the chain drive of a conveyor belt. The employee was hospitalized with crushed fingers.

Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Conveyors belt, slot, chain

More severe injuries at JR Simplot

Sep 26, 2021 CALDWELL, IDAHO · Contact with hot objects or substances Jul 3, 2016 CALDWELL, IDAHO · Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified

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