Amputations

Name: Amputations at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS
Start: 12/5/2016

1 amputation · 20161211341 · 12/5/2016 · CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS
Location: 3555 W. ARROW HWY 20, MARSHALL, MISSOURI, 65340
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assembling a tool when he noticed water coming out of the tool's drain hole. He tipped the tool upwards to drain the water. When he was setting the tool down, it pinched and amputated his right middle fingertip between the seal support frame and the tray lifter.

Source

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