Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136680.015 - Employee amputates finger when struck by sawblade cutting me

Accident Summary Nr: 136680.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 06/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1537582.015	06/22/2021		311612	Frick'S Quality Meats, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:45 a.m. on June 16, 2021, an employee working for a meat processing facility was operating a vertical bandsaw. The employee was cutting the H-Bone and hocks from a carcass when he was distracted. He briefly turned away causing his right hand to be struck by the blade. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated pinky finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Cutting, Distracted, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Meat Processing, Point Of Operation, Sawblade, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1537582.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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