KELLOGG COMPANY

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Fractures — OMAHA, NEBRASKA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at KELLOGG COMPANY in OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Employer KELLOGG COMPANY Report ID 2015010970
Address 9601 F STREET City, State ZIP OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
Event Date January 30, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Lathes, unspecified
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 311230 Inspection # 1026254
GPS Coordinates 41.21000, -96.06000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe in the packing maintenance shop. The employee was using emery cloth to buff a shaft when the employee's gloved right hand was pulled into the lathe. The employee fractured the right wrist and three fingers, requiring an overnight inpatient hospitalization and surgery at UNMC hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.

Incident Summary

On January 30, 2015, a worker at KELLOGG COMPANY in OMAHA, NEBRASKA suffered fractures to the multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with lathes, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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