Amputations

Name: Amputations at Seaboard Farms Corporation
Start: 7/10/2018

1 amputation · 2018076892 · 7/10/2018 · Seaboard Farms Corporation

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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Seaboard Farms Corporation
Location: 2700 28th Street, GUYMON, OKLAHOMA, 73942
NAICS: 424470
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a carcass splitter when a carcass became caught on the splitter blade. As the employee attempted to clear the carcass, the line restarted and the blade amputated the employee's left index finger to the distal interphalangeal joint. The blade was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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