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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022010641 · 1/21/2022 · Swift Pork Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Butchering machinery

Employer

Name
Swift Pork Company
Location
8295 Arenzville Rd, BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, 62618
NAICS
311611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a bandsaw on a butt line to remove double bones from product. The employee tried to use a push stick to remove product from the bandsaw cutting platform, then reached to remove the product by hand and suffered a partial amputation to the ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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