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General Mills

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Cuts, lacerations — GREAT FALLS, MONTANA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at General Mills in GREAT FALLS, MONTANA
Employer General Mills Report ID 2021075404
Address 2500 9th Ave N City, State ZIP GREAT FALLS, MONTANA 59401
Event Date July 1, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326111 Inspection # 1541106
GPS Coordinates 47.51000, -111.25000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating the 5-pound flour packaging machine. While cleaning something on the machine, the employee's hand was caught in the machine resulting in a deep laceration to the right little finger which required hospitalization and surgery.

Incident Summary

On July 1, 2021, a worker at General Mills in GREAT FALLS, MONTANA suffered cuts, lacerations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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