Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126043.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when glove is pulled into sli

Accident Summary Nr: 126043.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451796.015	12/17/2019		445110	Bodega Latina Corporation

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on November 15, 2019, an employee working as a meat cutter for a grocery store was working in the meat department. The employee was cutting goat meat with a Hobart vertical meat saw. The employee was wearing gloves and stated that his hand was pulled into the saw along with the goat meat striking the cutting blade. The employee amputated two fingers on his left hand and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Butcher, Caught In, Cutting, Glove, Grocery Store, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Machine operator, Meat Slicing Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Sheared, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451796.015	58	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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