SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA—
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, 590 County Road 9, SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA 68661 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
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.
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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.
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.
FRIONA, TEXAS—
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
An employee was preparing the captive bolt handheld stunner to stun an animal when it dropped onto his leg and fired. The employee sustained a fracture to the left tibia and fibula.
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