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Accident Summary Nr: 120789.015 - Employee amputates three fingers while operating defective m

Accident Summary Nr: 120789.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1438191.015	10/16/2019		311611	Swift Pork Company

Abstract: At 6:15 p.m. on October 9, 2019, an employee was removing a rib strip from a pork loin while demonstrating to a coworker (Supervisor) that the band saw blade was not operating correctly (the blade was bent). The loin became wedged in the blade and stopped, but the employee's left hand continued to slide down the loin and contacted the blade. The employee amputated his left middle, ring and pinky fingers down to the 2nd joint. The employee required medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Blade, Butcher, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Finger, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Machine operator, Meat Slicing Machine, Partial Amputation, Sheared, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1438191.015	53	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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