Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135958.015 - Employee lacerates finger when feeding meat into band saw

Accident Summary Nr: 135958.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 04/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1528870.015	05/05/2021		424490	Brookshire Grocery Company

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on April 29, 2021, an employee working as a meat cutter for a wholesale grocery was cutting boneless pork chops. The employee was not utilizing the push plate supplied to feed the meat product into the band saw. As he used his right hand to feed the piece of meat into the saw his hand slipped and contacted the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated index finger.

Keywords: Bandsaw, Blade, Butcher, Cutter, Cutting, Finger, Food service, Grocery Store, Hand, Laceration, Meat Slicing Machine, Safety Device, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1528870.015	64	M	Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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