CRETE, NEBRASKA—
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Smithfield Foods, Inc., 2223 COUNTY ROAD I, CRETE, NEBRASKA 68333 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was pressing bacon when the press malfunctioned. While the employee was attempting to diagnose the problem, the machine cycled and crushed the employee's left hand in the point of operation, fracturing the pinky, ring, and thumb fingers and causing severe lacerations. The press was not locked out at the time of the incident.
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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.
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An employee was putting a pipe back together and was setting up equipment prior to start of production. The air valve was turned on and the employee's left thumb was partially amputated by the butterfly spindle inside the pipe.
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An employee was replacing a roller on a belt press. They were pushing the roller when it fell out of alignment and crushed their left hand resulting in partial amputation of the little finger.
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An employee was working in the prepack department in the chorizo area when a contractor performing work in the area cut into an anhydrous ammonia line. The employee inhaled ammonia gas, resulting in injury to the lungs and eyes. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was working in the smoked meats department operating a machine that clips and holds the ham before smoking. A tote used to catch bindery emulsion from the machine was full and moved out from under the workstation. The employee later tripped over the tote and fell to the floor, sustaining a left femur fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
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