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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2022010207 · 1/8/2022 · Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Location
410 Kirk Road, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
NAICS
311991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was tearing down a vacuum stuffer at the end of a shift. As he tried to lower the hopper on top of the stuffer, the lid slammed shut on his left hand and severely lacerated it. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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