Twin Rivers Foods Inc

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified - Cuts, lacerations - FORT SMITH, Arkansas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Twin Rivers Foods Inc in FORT SMITH, Arkansas
Employer Twin Rivers Foods Inc
Address 608 Navy Road
City, State ZIP FORT SMITH, Arkansas 72901
Report ID 2015108124
Event Date October 30, 2015
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations
Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 561910
GPS Coordinates 35.36784, -94.42837

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Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning the scraper belt and lacerated his left thumb when his glove was caught between the scraper belt and the freezer line.

Incident Summary

On October 30, 2015, a worker at Twin Rivers Foods Inc in FORT SMITH, Arkansas suffered cuts, lacerations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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