Amputations

Name: Amputations at Swift Pork Company
Start: 11/30/2017

1 amputation · 20171111380 · 11/30/2017 · Swift Pork Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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, n.e.c.
Source: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Swift Pork Company
Location: 8295 ARENZVILLE ROAD, BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, 62618
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On November 30, 2017, at approximately 5:35 PM, an employee was walking by a scrap vacuum blower when he made contact with the cloth part of the blower, breaking the plane. The vacuum blower then caught and amputated his left index, middle, ring, and little fingers.

Source

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