Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137733.015 - Employee amputates thumb while clearing jam in meat slicer

Accident Summary Nr: 137733.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 05/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534843.015	06/09/2021		311613	Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:50 p.m. on May 15, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a meat processing company was attempting to clear a jam on the Ross Slicer. The employee's hand contacted the blade of the slicer. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated left thumb.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Slicing Machine, Slicer, Supervision, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1534843.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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