Amputations

Name: Amputations at Smithfield Foods
Start: 12/9/2015

1 amputation · 2015129339 · 12/9/2015 · Smithfield Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Smithfield Foods
Location: 3660 North Parkway, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30040
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 12/9/2015, at 12:15 a.m., an employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when his left hand got caught under the belt. His left ring finger was amputated just above the lowest/first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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