Bama Foods LTD.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Fractures — TULSA, OKLAHOMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Bama Foods LTD. in TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Employer Bama Foods LTD. Report ID 2022043142
Address 5377 E 66TH ST N City, State ZIP TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74117
Event Date April 9, 2022 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 Conveyors-belt
Secondary Source Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
Industry (NAICS) 311812 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 36.25000, -95.91000

Incident Narrative

An employee was under a conveyor belt, troubleshooting a vibrating motor. The employee tried to get up, and the conveyor belt contacted the employee's shirt and pulled the employee's left arm into the rollers of the belt. The arm was broken.

Incident Summary

On April 9, 2022, a worker at Bama Foods LTD. in TULSA, OKLAHOMA suffered fractures 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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