Amputations

Name: Amputations at Swift Beef Company
Start: 1/31/2023

1 amputation · 2023010958 · 1/31/2023 · Swift Beef Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Swift Beef Company
Location: 800 N 8th Avenue, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic grease pump to perform maintenance on a machine when his right ring finger was caught in the moving mechanism of the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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