Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — WICHITA, KANSAS
| Employer | Smithfield Foods, Inc. | Report ID | 2025065899 |
| Address | 2323 S Sheridan Street | City, State ZIP | WICHITA, KANSAS 67213 |
| Event Date | June 20, 2025 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery |
| Secondary Source | Machine guards | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311612 | Inspection # | 1833956 |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.65000, -97.38000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was operating a packaging machine and went to unjam some plastic. Her left hand contacted the cutting blades resulting in a partial amputation to the middle fingertip. A guard was in place at the time.
Incident Summary
On June 20, 2025, a worker at Smithfield Foods, Inc. in WICHITA, KANSAS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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