JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS·2022-12-30

Smithfield Foods

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Smithfield Foods, 1920 Lacy Dr., JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS 66441 on 2022-12-30, Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

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Final narrative

An employee was clearing a jam of packaging material on a packaging machine. The crosscut blades inside the machine activated and contacted his left hand, causing partial amputations to his thumb and index finger.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

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