Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121401.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip while cutting meat with circula

Accident Summary Nr: 121401.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 10/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1442801.015	11/01/2019		311615	Kelly'S Foods Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on October 25, 2019, an employee working for a poultry processing facility was cutting chicken quarters on a circular saw. The employee struck his left thumb against the blade of the saw. He amputated his thumb tip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Circular Saw, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Sawblade, Struck Against, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1442801.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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