Fractures

Name: Fractures at Smithfield Foods Packaged Meats Corp.
Start: 1/7/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022010184 · 1/7/2022 · Smithfield Foods Packaged Meats Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Hoses
Secondary source: Air compressors

Employer

Name: Smithfield Foods Packaged Meats Corp.
Location: One Sweet Applewood Lane, CUDAHY, WISCONSIN, 53110
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were removing an air compressor from service. When the air hose was released, pressure still in the line caused the coupling to fail and propel the hose downward. It struck an employee's lower right leg and hand, breaking the leg and the thumb. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the leg.

Source

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