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Cheese Merchants of America LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Fractures — BARTLETT, ILLINOIS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Cheese Merchants of America LLC in BARTLETT, ILLINOIS
Employer Cheese Merchants of America LLC Report ID 20181111670
Address 1301 Schiferl Road City, State ZIP BARTLETT, ILLINOIS 60103
Event Date November 12, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Forearm(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary Source Suits, coats, jackets
Industry (NAICS) 311513 Inspection # 1361314
GPS Coordinates 41.97000, -88.22000

Incident Narrative

An employee was packaging cheese when the line where the cups go in became jammed from excess cheese. While he was cleaning the area around the cups, the machine became unjammed and caught his lab coat on a metal chain. The chain then fractured his left forearm.

Incident Summary

On November 12, 2018, a worker at Cheese Merchants of America LLC in BARTLETT, ILLINOIS suffered fractures to the forearm(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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