Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125368.015 - Employee amputates two fingers while cutting meat with bands

Accident Summary Nr: 125368.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 04/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1472358.015	04/14/2020		445210	T.G Meat Center, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on April 13, 2020, an employee working as a butcher for a meat market was cutting beef on a bandsaw when he struck his hand against the blade. The employee amputated his right-hand middle and ring fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Butcher, Caught In, Cutting, Finger, Food Handling, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Meat Slicing Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Sawblade, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1472358.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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