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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017099159 · 9/24/2017 · Smithfield Foods
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
Employer
- Name
- Smithfield Foods
- Location
- 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- NAICS
- 311611
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning a sausage ribbon blender when it engaged, amputating the employee's right index finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown