MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS—
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
Slip without fall, unspecified · Fractures
Final narrative
On September 29, 2020, at approximately 1:45 a.m., an employee was visually inspecting a chain on top of the east scald cabinet of the kill floor when he slipped. To avoid a fall, he put his right hand down in the sprocket and chain. He was able to pull his hand free, but sustained two fractures to his middle finger, a fracture to his index finger and a laceration on the back of his hand that required surgery and hospitalization.
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