Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136649.015 - Employee lacerates two fingers while cutting meat with bands

Accident Summary Nr: 136649.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 05/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1538731.015	06/28/2021		445230	Msn Enterprises

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on May 23, 2021, an employee working as a butcher for a grocery store was cutting steaks using a vertical bandsaw. The employee was using a piece of meat in lieu of a push stuck to cut a 1-inch thick bone-in steak into two 1/2-inch thick pieces. The employee pushed the steak along the gauge plate and through the bandsaw blade. After passing through the bone, the blade caught the meat and pulled the employee's right hand into the sawblade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an avulsion to his ring finger and a laceration to his middle finger.

Keywords: Avulsion, Bandsaw, Blade, Butcher, Caught By, Finger, Food Handling, Grocery Store, Hand, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Slicing Machine, Pulled In, Push Stick, Pushing, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Training, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1538731.015	38	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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