CRETE, NEBRASKA—
Smithfield Foods
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · First degree chemical burns and corrosions
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Smithfield Foods, 2223 Industrial Road, CRETE, NEBRASKA 68333 on — First degree chemical burns and corrosions, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was mixing a solution of caustic soda and water in a large tank/container when the solution splashed onto him. The employee sustained first-degree chemical burns to his face, arms, and legs.
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An employee was using a box strapping machine to place straps on boxes when his right middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in an open fracture to the distal phalanx.
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An employee was tearing down a sausage-linking machine as part of a weekly pipe clean out. As the meat piled up on the machine, he went to clean the meat off the top of the machine. The metering gears contacted his left index finger, resulting in a soft tissue fingertip amputation.
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An employee was applying spreader hooks to hogs. A hog fell from the hook that he was holding upright and the hook lacerated a tendon in his left hand. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
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An employee was clearing a meat blockage from an auger and amputated his right index finger. The machine was guarded but not locked out/tagged out at the time.
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An employee was changing plates in a forming press. The machine cycled and crushed her right arm, fracturing it.
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