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Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

1 hospitalization · 2024032018 · 3/5/2024 · Ohio Farms Packing Co. LTD

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event
Injured by object held or wielded by person
Source
Knives
Secondary source
Animal carcass

Employer

Name
Ohio Farms Packing Co. LTD
Location
2416 East West Salem Rd, CRESTON, OHIO, 44217
NAICS
311611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were working on a meat trimming harvesting line working on the same calf carcass when one employee moved the carcass to start working on the next one. The carcass struck the right arm of the injured employee causing the five-inch curved knife he was holding to cut through his left forearm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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