Shasta Beverage, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Fractures - HOUSTON, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Shasta Beverage, Inc. in HOUSTON, Texas
Employer Shasta Beverage, Inc.
Address 7333 Major Street
City, State ZIP HOUSTON, Texas 77061
Report ID 2016021618
Event Date February 22, 2016
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Upper arm(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source of Injury Stacking machinery
Industry (NAICS) 312111
Inspection # 1130077
GPS Coordinates 29.64234, -95.29300

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Incident Narrative

The employee was troubleshooting a case alignment problem on the can line palletizer and noticed that the can case was misaligned. While he was examining the layer formation section of the palletizer, the machine cycled. The layer formation bar hit and fractured his right forearm.

Incident Summary

On February 22, 2016, a worker at Shasta Beverage, Inc. in HOUSTON, Texas suffered fractures to the upper arm(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with stacking machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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