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Avulsions, enucleations

1 hospitalization · 2022086994 · 8/8/2022 · Cargill, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Butchering machinery

Employer

Name
Cargill, Inc.
Location
730 E Randall Wobbe Ln, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

At about 8:40 p.m. on August 8, 2022, an employee was loading a "horn and cone" (a thin stainless steel tube with a cone) with a netting roll. The employee was removing the horn when the netting tail become entangled and wrapped around the wheel and shaft of the brush, which rotated at about 90 revolutions per minute. The employee was trying to remove the netting when their right hand became entangled in it and was pulled into the rotating shaft. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the little finger and a partial degloving.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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