Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120807.015 - Employee amputates two fingers while cutting meat with bands

Accident Summary Nr: 120807.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1402599.015	05/15/2019		445110	Fortune Commercial Corp.

Abstract: At 8:15 p.m. on April 26, 2019, an employee was cutting pork belly slabs with a Hobart Series 6801 Meat Saw. While cutting a large slab the employees let his left hand get too close to the saw blade as the slab became smaller. The employee did not use a protective pusher plate for that was provided for the short meat ends. The employee amputated two fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Blade, Caught In, Cutting, Equipment Operator, Finger, Food Preparation, Hand, Hand Tool, Machine operator, Material Handling, Meat Slicing Machine, Push Stick, Saw, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1402599.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Food counter, fountain and related occupations

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