Fractures

Name: Fractures at Smithfield Foods
Start: 12/17/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161211727 · 12/17/2016 · Smithfield Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Suits, coats, jackets

Employer

Name: Smithfield Foods
Location: 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a conveyor well when the cuff of the employee's coat became caught on the conveyor and pulled the employee's right arm into the sprocket, fracturing it. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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