Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Smithfield Foods
Start: 7/20/2025

1 amputation · 2025077052 · 7/20/2025 · Smithfield Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
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: 2323 S Sheridan, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67213
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tearing down a sausage-linking machine as part of a weekly pipe clean out. As the meat piled up on the machine, he went to clean the meat off the top of the machine. The metering gears contacted his left index finger, resulting in a soft tissue fingertip amputation.

Source

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