Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Upland Pork, 504 W. 1500 Road, LONG ISLAND, KANSAS 67647
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was changing a water nipple/bracket when a pig pushed him up against the wall causing the amputation of the second finger on his left hand at about the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Swine and other porcines
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