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Little Lady Foods

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Little Lady Foods in GURNEE, ILLINOIS
Employer Little Lady Foods Report ID 2021043454
Address 1910 Swanson Ct. City, State ZIP GURNEE, ILLINOIS 60031
Event Date April 26, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311999 Inspection # 1530018
GPS Coordinates 42.38000, -87.89000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on a pizza production line, checking the weight of pizzas after they passed through a "waterfall" section that put cheese on them. She was removing some cheese that had built up on a roller when she was pulled into the rollers on the bottom side of the conveyor. She suffered fractures to the right arm and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Incident Summary

On April 26, 2021, a worker at Little Lady Foods in GURNEE, ILLINOIS suffered fractures to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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