Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120204.015 - Employee injures neck when struck by hopper during cleaning

Accident Summary Nr: 120204.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 09/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1433708.015	09/26/2019		311612	Green Bay Dressed Beef, Llc

Abstract: At 9:45 p.m. on September 23, 2019, an employee who worked for a meat processing plant was cleaning machinery after production had stopped. The employee reached under the bone cannon hopper as it was being emptied when he was struck by the hopper. The employee was hospitalized to treat possible ruptured spinal discs.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Contusion, Head, Hopper, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Meat Processing, Neck, Rupture, Shoulder, Struck By, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1433708.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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