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American Plant Food Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — GALENA PARK, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at American Plant Food Corporation in GALENA PARK, TEXAS
Employer American Plant Food Corporation Report ID 20181010964
Address 903 Mayo Shell Rd. City, State ZIP GALENA PARK, TEXAS 77547
Event Date October 24, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 325314 Inspection # 1357615
GPS Coordinates 29.72000, -95.24000

Incident Narrative

An employee was conducting routine cleaning using a long hoe to scrape and collect excess material (ammonium sulfate) from a moving conveyor line when she was struck by and caught in the line. Other employees came to her aid and cut her loose. She was hospitalized with injuries to her neck, chest, and sternum. The conveyor line was unguarded at the time.

Incident Summary

On October 24, 2018, a worker at American Plant Food Corporation in GALENA PARK, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-powered, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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