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Cargill Protein

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Cargill Protein in SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA
Employer Cargill Protein Report ID 2022098634
Address 490 Road 9 City, State ZIP SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA 68661
Event Date September 30, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311611 Inspection # 1626287
GPS Coordinates 41.44000, -97.09000

Incident Narrative

On September 30, 2022, at approximately 12:15 a.m., an employee was finishing the task of scrubbing the inside of a cabinet in the harvest floor basement. As the employee was closing the lid, the Clean-in-Place (CIP) system started. The employee let go of the lid and his left ring finger was crushed between the corner of the lid and the lip of the cabinet. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the distal phalanx on the left ring finger.

Incident Summary

On September 30, 2022, a worker at Cargill Protein in SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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