Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at Swift Beef Co.
Start: 3/15/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032265 · 3/15/2016 · Swift Beef Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Swift Beef Co.
Location: 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While performing maintenance on a saw, an employee's left hand contacted the moving saw blade, resulting in a left-hand avulsion. The saw guard was not affixed properly at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown