TURPIN, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods, LLC
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Seaboard Foods, LLC, 126163 EW 11, TURPIN, OKLAHOMA 73950 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was changing his boots to enter a building and placed his right hand inside a door frame to stabilize himself. The wind caught the door and slammed it on his hand, resulting in amputation of the tip of his ring finger.
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GUYMON, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods LLC
An employee was working at the base of a chute that was dispensing processed pig feet into a container. The employee was retrieving the feet and packaging them in boxes. As she turned and stepped back to pick up an empty box, she stepped onto the edge of a tub under the chute, lost her balance, and fell to the concrete floor. Her left femur was broken near the hip. She was hospitalized.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods LLC
An employee was walking on the production floor when they slipped on a piece of animal fat and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle and required surgery.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods LLC
An employee was placing a loin back into the hopper with a small meat hook. The meat got stuck in the conveyor belt, which pulled his right index finger into the hopper door and his right index fingertip was amputated.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods LLC
An employee was leaving work and walking to their car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a head injury.
GUYMON, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods LLC
An employee was loading an animal carcass into a skid loader bucket and placed his left foot onto the loader for leverage. The bucket was then activated, causing the employee's foot to become caught in a pinch point and injured.
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