Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117553.015 - Employee amputates thumb while clearing area near meat saw b

Accident Summary Nr: 117553.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 06/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1412199.015	06/28/2019		445110	Zeke'S Pueblo Mexicano Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on June 25, 2019, an employee removing meat cubes accumulated near a band saw blade while cutting meat when he struck his left hand against the blade. The employee amputated his thumb and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Cleaning, Cutting, Equipment Operator, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Inexperience, Machine operator, Meat Slicing Machine, Struck Against, Thumb, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1412199.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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