Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JBS Swift, 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA 68801
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was unhooking the initial hook on a cattle's hind leg. While re-hooking it to another shackle, the cattle's leg dropped down. The slack was not removed from the shackle due to mud and manure. The hook went up, and the employee's right thumb got caught in the shackle, causing an initial avulsion that later required surgical amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee entered the drive alley to close the gate. The cattle turned back and struck the gate catching the employee between the gate and the wall. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures and a traumatic pneumothorax.
An employee was loading grease into a tanker. The employee was splashed with the grease and suffered severe burns to the right arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unjamming a beef hide from a flesher machine when the flesher wheel closed on the employee's arm, fracturing the upper arm and wrist. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident, but was not locked out.
An employee was sitting in a chair when a 66-pound box fell out of a modular stacking system onto the employee's head. The employee suffered a head injury.
An employee was performing walking cuts on the kill floor. As he attempted to make a cut, he missed and contacted the knife of a coworker, lacerating his right forearm.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311612)
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.
A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.