Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Start: 6/20/2025

1 amputation · 2025065899 · 6/20/2025 · Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Location: 2323 S Sheridan Street, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67213
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine and went to unjam some plastic. Her left hand contacted the cutting blades resulting in a partial amputation to the middle fingertip. A guard was in place at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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