Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABBYLAND PORK PACK, INC., 539 N. MERIDIAN STREET, CURTISS, WISCONSIN 54422
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
At 2:00 p.m. on April 3, 2019, two employees were removing meat from bones when they began fighting. As the first employee punched at the second, the second raised both arms. The first employee's right wrist was cut by a 6-inch flexible boning knife that was still in the second employee's hand.
HospitalizedWrist(s)Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
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