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Ken's Foods, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ken's Foods, Inc. in MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA
Employer Ken's Foods, Inc. Report ID 2019077055
Address 155 King Mill Road City, State ZIP MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA 30253
Event Date July 12, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 311991 Inspection # 1426223
GPS Coordinates 33.40000, -84.14000

Incident Narrative

A temporary employee was towel drying a moving belt conveyor. The employee's arm became caught between the conveyor and a product quality control roller. The employee sustained compression injuries to the arm and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 12, 2019, a worker at Ken's Foods, Inc. in MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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