Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134990.015 - Employee cuts finger due to contact with blade cutting meat

Accident Summary Nr: 134990.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 03/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1517936.015	03/05/2021		424410	Bj'S Wholesale Club

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on March 4, 2021, an employee working for as a butcher for a wholesale club store was operating a bandsaw was cutting a selection of steaks. The employee reached around the saw to retrieve a cut steak when he contacted the blade with his left hand. The employee cut his middle finger pad from the tip of the nail to the first knuckle. He received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Bandsaw, Butcher, Contact, Cut, Cutting, Department Store, Finger, Fingertip, Food Handling, Grocery Store, Hand, Knuckle, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Pinch Point, Pinched, Sawblade

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1517936.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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