Fractures

Name: Fractures at JBS Swift
Start: 6/9/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021064693 · 6/9/2021 · JBS Swift

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: JBS Swift
Location: 555 South Stuhr Road, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a beef hide from a flesher machine when the flesher wheel closed on the employee's arm, fracturing the upper arm and wrist. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident, but was not locked out.

Source

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