Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FRITO-LAY, INC., 1200 Hwy 247 S, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA 31047
on , Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
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Final narrative
An employee went to clean out a back-up of potatoes on a potato recycling conveyor and inspect the line to see what was causing the issue. When removing potatoes that had become lodged in the sprocket end, their right arm was caught in the sprocket, causing a fracture of the distal radial shaft of their forearm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.