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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025021824 · 2/25/2025 · Cargill Meat Solutions

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Butchering machinery
Secondary source
Augers except conveyor

Employer

Name
Cargill Meat Solutions
Location
1505 E. Burlington Ave., FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
NAICS
311611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in the basement when he observed animal blood dripping from a small hole in the auger trough. The employee went to plug the hole with a small piece of fat. As the employee pushed the fat into the hole, the auger flight caught his fingertip, resulting in amputation between the nailbed and first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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