Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at HK Cooperative, Inc.
Start: 11/16/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231110573 · 11/16/2023 · HK Cooperative, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: HK Cooperative, Inc.
Location: 4413 W. Bogart Rd., SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44870
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On November 16, 2023, an employee was using a handheld skinner to cut the skin off pork loins that were going down the line in a processing plant. The employee was holding the skinner with their left hand and the product with their right hand when the skinner blade contacted their right hand. The employee suffered a loss of skin on their index and middle finger as well as a laceration down to the bone, resulting in hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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