OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385941

PRESTAGE FOODS OF IOWA, LLC

EAGLE GROVE, IA· 2021-08-23T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Cutting, Food processing, Glove, Hand Tool, Inexperience, Knife, Lack of Work Procedures, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Removing, Struck By
NAICS: 311611
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345500326
Employer profile: PRESTAGE FOODS OF IOWA, LLC
Summary number: 221385941
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee punctures arm while removing foot from carcass with

Investigation abstract

At 7:35 a.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a meat processing plant was removing a foot from a hog. The employee was cutting from the backside of the foot with the knife blade pointed towards him. The blade of the knife went through the foot and continued until it made contact the employee's left upper arm. The employee was hospitalized to treat a puncture wound to the left bicep.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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