Amputations

Name: Amputations at Swift Beef Co.
Start: 7/11/2017

1 amputation · 2017076377 · 7/11/2017 · Swift Beef Co.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was removing a bale of material that had settled into a grated auger opening. As he reached to replace the grating over the auger, his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the grating and the running auger.

Source

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