New Angus, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Jul 1, 2025, Aberdeen: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations involving bone loss · thumb(s)

An employee was standing behind a band saw, grabbing cut portions of meat and moving them onto the conveyor. His right thumb contacted the saw, resulting in amputation of the thumb.

May 8, 2023, Aberdeen: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was opening the cattle gate to the tub. His hand was on the latch and was waiting for the cattle to come in when the gate closed on the employee's thumb. The distal portion of the thumb was amputated.

Jan 22, 2020, Aberdeen: Hospitalization · fractures · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

An employee was using a jaw puller in a harvest line. The jaw puller activated and the employee's thumb was bent backwards and broken.

Aug 28, 2019, Aberdeen: Hospitalization · puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds · fingernail(s), nailbed(s)

An employee was removing entrails from a slaughtered cow when a piece of hair from the cow lodged in his middle fingernail bed on his right hand. The employee developed an infection in his hand requiring hospitalization.

Jun 20, 2019, Aberdeen: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)

An employee was manually catching a carcass that went down the incorrect rail line. The employee caught the carcass before it passed a gate and signaled a nearby employee to shut down the line to allow the carcass to be pulled backwards and moved onto the correct rail. During this process, the carcass fell off the rail system and onto the employee's leg, fracturing a shin bone.

Apr 13, 2019, Aberdeen: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders

An employee was degutting a cattle carcass with a knife. The knife punctured the employee's left lung.