GREELEY, COLORADO—
JBS Foods, Inc.
Struck by animal, n.e.c. · Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at JBS Foods, Inc., 800 N. 8TH AVENUE, GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 on — Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee opened the gate to a cattle pen. The employee was knocked to the ground and stomped on several times by a cow. The employee was hospitalized with internal injuries.
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An employee was retrieving a fallen piece of product from a conveyor. The conveyor belt entangled his left hand and pulled in his arm up to the elbow. The arm was amputated between the elbow and the shoulder.
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An employee was operating an electric pallet jack and caught his right hand between the pallet jack handle and a conveyor resulting in a soft tissue amputation on the distal third finger.
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