Amputations

Name: Amputations at National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Start: 5/30/2017

1 amputation · 2017054805 · 5/30/2017 · National Beef Packing Company, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.

Employer

Name: National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Location: 1811 Old North Trail, SELINSGROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17870
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was slicing meat with a handheld knife when the blade partially amputated his left middle finger (no bone loss). Cut-resistant gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

Source

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