Amputations

Name: Amputations at SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
Start: 3/1/2018

1 amputation · 2018032083 · 3/1/2018 · SMITHFIELD FOODS INC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
Location: 22123 hIGHWAY 5, MILAN, MISSOURI, 63556
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a center-cut saw when the saw did not cut through the meat. He reached for the meat to tear it off and his left thumb hit the saw blade, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

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