Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eakas Corporation, 6251 ROUTE 251, PERU, ILLINOIS 61354
on , Fractures and surface, flesh wounds, affecting the leg(s) unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee's right pant leg was caught by a motorized pallet. She fell down backwards and her lower leg was stuck under the pallet for a few minutes. Her leg was pinched between the carrier frame and the guide rails in front of the inspection station. She was hospitalized and required surgery. Machine guarding was not in place at the time.