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Riceland Foods

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Fractures — WHEATLEY, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Riceland Foods in WHEATLEY, ARKANSAS
Employer Riceland Foods Report ID 2023109317
Address 133 Dennis Street City, State ZIP WHEATLEY, ARKANSAS 72392
Event Date October 9, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 424490 Inspection # 1703053
GPS Coordinates 34.91000, -91.11000

Incident Narrative

An employee was shoveling loose grain that had fallen onto the ground from the hopper of a semi-truck and was placing it on a conveyor belt. The employee stepped onto the unguarded conveyor belt and sustained a compound fracture to the right lower leg. The conveyor belt guard was damaged by the semi-truck when it drove over the extension (pigtail) of the conveyor belt earlier in the day.

Incident Summary

On October 9, 2023, a worker at Riceland Foods in WHEATLEY, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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