Amputations

Name: Amputations at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Start: 10/20/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016109881 · 10/20/2016 · CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Gates
Secondary source: Cattle and other bovines

Employer

Name: CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Location: 1505 E. BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A serpentine gate was closed. The employee pulled the pin in order to open the gate when a cow rammed the gate and his left ring finger was pinched between the gate and the cement wall. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated and the middle finger was fractured.

Source

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