OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221441967

SWIFT PREPARED FOODS

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA· 2022-02-23T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Point Of Operation, Reach, Reaching, Rotating Knife, Rotating Parts, Struck Against
NAICS: 311612
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345811806
Employer profile: SWIFT PREPARED FOODS
Summary number: 221441967
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee cleaning meat slicer suffers amputation, laceration

Investigation abstract

At 5:15 p.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was working for a firm that prepared meat from carcasses. He was at a meat processing plant. He was operating a CashinEDGE model CS bacon slicer, with serial number 15141. He was removing bits and pieces of bacon from the inside of the machine to discard them. The slicer was still running. He was using his gloved right hand. As the employee reached under the shroud of the slicer's blade, toward the point of operation, the index and middle fingers on his right hand came into contact with the rotating blade. The employee suffered the amputation of his right index finger and a laceration to his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
1

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