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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20221211262 · 12/30/2022 · Smithfield Foods

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Smithfield Foods
Location
1920 Lacy Dr., JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS, 66441
NAICS
311991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam of packaging material on a packaging machine. The crosscut blades inside the machine activated and contacted his left hand, causing partial amputations to his thumb and index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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