Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JBS Souderton, Inc., 249 Allentown Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18964
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving cattle from pen to pen in a barn. A steer became agitated and head-butted the employee's upper right thigh. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling to the thigh.
The injured employee was standing by one of the stationary computers along the wall. There was a half-pallet located approximately 3 feet behind the employee that consisted of 12-pound boxes stacked six boxes high. A forklift was transporting a pallet that came in contact with the stationary pallet behind the injured employee, causing four boxes to fall and contact their legs. The injured employee was hospitalized with leg injuries.
An employee was blowing steam into the lines of a tank to unclog them when the sediment tank overflowed. The employee sustained second degree burns on their right arm from the wrist to the elbow, and sustained second degree burns on their left arm from the wrist to the shoulder.
An employee was removing a large auger from a meat grinding machine when the auger slipped out of the lifting device and onto the employee's leg. He sustained a leg fracture.
An employee was attempting to remove a plastic bag from inside a piece of equipment. A small serpentine belt inside of the unit activated, pulling her sleeve and right arm into the machine. The employee sustained a fracture and a laceration to her lower right arm.
An employee entered a pen in the maternity barn to bottle-feed a calf. A cow spun around and head butted the employee into the metal enclosure fence three times. The employee sustained a punctured liver.
An employee was moving cattle when they were rammed by a cow. The employee sustained fractures to their L2 and L5 vertebrae, left sacral wing, and pelvis. They also suffered internal hemorrhaging in the abdominal.
An employee was loading hogs onto a trailer. After they were loaded, he was pinning the gate when one of the hogs charged and pinned the employee between the gate and the wall. The employee sustained a collapsed lung.
An employee was moving cattle from a pen to a tub when a bull got around the cattle guard. The employee climbed over the cattle guard to move away from the bull and the bull struck his arm, resulting in a fracture.
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 using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.
A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.