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Cargill, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Avulsions, enucleations — SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Cargill, Inc. in SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
Employer Cargill, Inc. Report ID 2022086994
Address 730 E Randall Wobbe Ln City, State ZIP SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS 72764
Event Date August 8, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Avulsions, enucleations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 36.20000, -94.12000

Incident Narrative

At about 8:40 p.m. on August 8, 2022, an employee was loading a "horn and cone" (a thin stainless steel tube with a cone) with a netting roll. The employee was removing the horn when the netting tail become entangled and wrapped around the wheel and shaft of the brush, which rotated at about 90 revolutions per minute. The employee was trying to remove the netting when their right hand became entangled in it and was pulled into the rotating shaft. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the little finger and a partial degloving.

Incident Summary

On August 8, 2022, a worker at Cargill, Inc. in SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS suffered avulsions, enucleations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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