Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JBS, 13301 US 87, DALHART, TEXAS 79022
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee dropped a syringe and sustained a puncture wound to the foot.
An employee was trying to unjam a trolley. The employee's right index finger was caught between the trolley and a frame and was amputated between the first and second joints.
An employee was moving pallets of product from a cooler when their leg got caught between a forklift and a product rack, resulting in a laceration and left tibia fracture.
An employee was using air to blow out the line of a pump in the rending room when the air caused a pump plate to come loose and strike the employee's left leg, fracturing it.
An employee was holding a barn door open while putting a tool away. The door shut on the employee's right hand, causing a partial amputation to the little finger.
An employee was using a bolting device to euthanize pigs when he slipped and fell. The bolting device pierced his pelvic area and the employee's femur was fractured. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was moving a dead animal using a removal cart. While transporting the animal, the cart tipped over and landed on the employee, resulting in a tibia fracture.
An employee was helping remove a dead animal from a barn. A truck was backing up to the barn to retrieve the body, and its lift platform pinned the employee's leg against the barn. The leg was severely lacerated and the employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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 unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.