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JBS Swift and Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Fractures — GREELEY, COLORADO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at JBS Swift and Company in GREELEY, COLORADO
Employer JBS Swift and Company Report ID 2016109698
Address 800 N 8th Avenue City, State ZIP GREELEY, COLORADO 80631
Event Date October 14, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Forearm(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Secondary Source Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
Industry (NAICS) 311611 Inspection # 1185049
GPS Coordinates 40.44000, -104.69000

Incident Narrative

The employee was working as a shackle chuck. He places a shackle on the beef quarter so that it can be moved to a different department. He noticed some gloves on top of a rotating sprocket above his work area. He reached his right arm to grab the gloves and his sleeve was caught in the chain, drawing his right arm into the sprocket and fracturing the radius and ulna.

Incident Summary

On October 14, 2016, a worker at JBS Swift and Company in GREELEY, COLORADO suffered fractures to the forearm(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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