SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS—
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Smithfield Foods, Inc., 410 Kirk Road, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS 60174 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On October 22, 2016, an employee was pushing a stick cart. The employee had his left hand on top of the stick cart when he hit another stick cart. The wooden sticks came towards his hand amputating the distal part of his left middle finger.
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