Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1787162.015 - Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Wichita Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 8:42 p.m. on November 11, 2024, an employee working as an assembler for a slaughterhouse was using a straight knife to cut product before letting the piece fall into a conveyor. During the cut, the employee struck himself in the clavicle near the right side of his neck causing heavy bleeding. The employee turned to coworkers working on the same table for help. The coworkers stopped the line and rendered aid, holding the employee to prevent him from falling until the nurse arrived. The employee died from the inability to breathe due to the nature of the cut.

Keywords: Assembling, Assembly Line, Bleeding, Breathing, Conveyor, Cutting, Food processing, Hand Tool, Impaled, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Knife, Laceration, Lack of oxygen, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Production Line, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Struck By