Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Smithfield Foods, Inc., 1220 N. 6th St., MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS 61462
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the elbow(s) and arms(s).
Final narrative
On September 20, 2022, an employee was working at a ham-skinning station on a line. The employee had just skinned a picnic ham, and was reaching to place it back on the conveyor, when the skinner machine's tooth roller caught the sleeve of his protective frock. His left arm was pulled into the machine, which sliced the elbow and the back of the arm, causing an avulsion. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedElbow(s) and arms(s)Butchering machinery
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