Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Smithfield Foods
Start: 5/2/2024

1 amputation · 2024053845 · 5/2/2024 · Smithfield Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Smithfield Foods
Location: 3660 North Parkway, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30040
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a plate into a food forming machine when the plate slipped and crushed his right ring finger between the plate and the frame, resulting in a soft tissue amputation to the fingertip with a reattachment surgery.

Source

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