Wayne Farms LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Fractures — DECATUR, ALABAMA
| Employer | Wayne Farms LLC | Report ID | 2022087331 |
| Address | 254 Ipsco Street | City, State ZIP | DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601 |
| Event Date | August 18, 2022 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures | Body Part | Upper arm(s) |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Source of Injury | Butchering machinery |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311615 | Inspection # | 1617609 |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.60000, -87.04000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was removing meat from a carcass and tossing the meat onto a conveyor. When he reached through the moving cone line to retrieve a misplaced carcass, the carcass/cone caught their upper left arm and rammed it into a COVID-19 barrier pole. The employee's humerus was fractured.
Incident Summary
On August 18, 2022, a worker at Wayne Farms LLC in DECATUR, ALABAMA suffered fractures to the upper arm(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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