Amputations

Name: Amputations at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Start: 8/14/2021

1 amputation · 2021086914 · 8/14/2021 · Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Location: 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was removing a screw housing from a machine when the machine housing pinched his left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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