Amputations

Name: Amputations at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation
Start: 12/18/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20211210876 · 12/18/2021 · Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation
Location: 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning meat from within the x-ray portion of a purge machine. The gate of the machine activated, and its valve amputated the employee's fingertip below the fingernail.

Source

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