Amputations

Name: Amputations at Swift Beef Company
Start: 8/27/2019

1 amputation · 2019088910 · 8/27/2019 · Swift Beef 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: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: Swift Beef Company
Location: 5950 Trail End Rd,, CACTUS, TEXAS, 79013
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at the break chain area using a circular saw to make cuts in a carcass when the saw amputated the employee's left ring finger above the middle knuckle.

Source

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