Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116892.015 - Employee amputates two fingers in poultry saw

Accident Summary Nr: 116892.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 05/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1406247.015	06/04/2019		311615	Pilgrim'S

Abstract: At 11:30 p.m. on May 26, 2019, an employee was receiving on-the-job training on how work a grading position on a DAPEC poultry production line. The employee was instructed to remove chicken leg quarters by pushing the quarters up and out of a shackle. As the employee was attempting to remove a chicken quarter from a shackle by pulling down the bird would not release. The employee followed the still attached chicken quarter down the production line placing his left hand behind a guard on the drum and thigh saw. The employee amputated his left index and middle fingers on the saw blade, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught Between, Caught By, Finger, Food processing, Guard, Inexperience, Inspecting, Machine Guarding, Meat Processing, Point Of Operation, Rotating Parts, Saw, Struck Against, Struck By, Training, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1406247.015	58	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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