Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127596.015 - Employee partially amputates two fingers while pushing produ

Accident Summary Nr: 127596.015 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 05/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1476784.015	05/29/2020		311712	High Liner Foods

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on May 27, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for frozen food processor was manually pushing frozen fish into a Pierce Hand Bandsaw. When the employee pushed a block of fish through the saw he struck the blade with his hand. The only guarding in place on the saw was a tubular metal rail used to guide the fish from one saw to the other. The employee partially amputated two fingers on his right-hand, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Contact, Finger, Food processing, Frozen, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Partial Amputation, Sawblade, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1476784.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury

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