Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122596.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while cutting meat with bandsaw

Accident Summary Nr: 122596.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 11/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451838.015	11/15/2019		452910	Wal-Mart Stores

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on November 5, 2019, an employee working as an Equipment Operator in the deli of a supermarket was cutting meat on a bandsaw when she was distracted. The employee struck her finger against the moving blade as a result. The employee amputated her fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Equipment Operator, Finger, Fingertip, Grocery Store, Instantaneous amputation, Meat Slicing Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Sawblade, Sheared, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451838.015	56	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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