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Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. in ELBERTON, GEORGIA
Employer Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. Report ID 2020032583
Address Pilgrim's Pride, 1129 Old Middleton Rd City, State ZIP ELBERTON, GEORGIA 30635
Event Date March 19, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Forearm(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Secondary Source Suits, coats, jackets
Industry (NAICS) 561720 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.12000, -82.84000

Incident Narrative

An employee was scrubbing the framework of a conveyor belt. The belt had been removed. The sprockets on the running shaft snagged the employee's jacket and pulled his arm between the framework and the shaft. The employee suffered lacerations and other injuries to the lower left arm and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On March 19, 2020, a worker at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. in ELBERTON, GEORGIA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the forearm(s). 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.

Context

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