Boar's Head Provisions Company, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation - Fractures - FORREST CITY, Arkansas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Boar's Head Provisions Company, Inc. in FORREST CITY, Arkansas
Employer Boar's Head Provisions Company, Inc.
Address 2530 W Broadway St
City, State ZIP FORREST CITY, Arkansas 72335
Report ID 2018010494
Event Date January 16, 2018
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 424470
Inspection # 1290389
GPS Coordinates 34.99592, -90.81177

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Incident Narrative

An employee was straightening a product on a conveyor belt when her right hand became tangled around a rotating sprocket. She suffered broken bones requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On January 16, 2018, a worker at Boar's Head Provisions Company, Inc. in FORREST CITY, Arkansas suffered fractures to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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