FORT MORGAN, COLORADO—
CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, 1505 E. BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO 80701 on — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
While on break, an employee climbed over a stair rail and fell 40 feet to the concrete below, resulting in broken legs and a spine injury.
More severe injuries at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
DODGE CITY, KANSAS—
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
A maintenance employee was called to look at a pallet conveyor machine where a chain had fallen off a sprocket wheel. When the employee grabbed the loose chain, a light sensor caused the machine to restart. This created a pinch point between the chain and sprocket that caught the employee's left little finger. The finger was surgically amputated at the second knuckle.
BUTLER, WISCONSIN—
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
A conveyor drive had been strapped to a lift for removal. As the drive was removed, the strap holding it shifted, causing it to swing. An employee's right hand was caught between the swinging drive and the frame of the conveyor, and the last joint of the little finger was amputated.
SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA—
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
An employee was unjamming a box coming from a case sealer when their right hand was caught in a conveyor belt. Their middle and ring fingers sustained amputations to the second knuckle.
SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA—
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
An employee had finished sharpening a knife on the grinding wheel and was returning it when he lost grip of the handle. As the employee reached to catch the it, his abdomen was lacerated by the knife blade in the right lower quadrant.
NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND—
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
An employee was staging product on the shipping dock while operating a lift truck. As the employee was driving from the shipping dock to the finished goods warehouse, the lift controls began malfunctioning. The vehicle collided with a bollard and the employee's leg was caught between it and the vehicle, resulting in multiple leg, ankle, and foot fractures.
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