Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140164.015 - Employee lacerates fingertip while cutting chicken with band

Accident Summary Nr: 140164.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1557903.015	10/12/2021		445110	Seafood City Supermarket

Abstract: At 4:20 a.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee working as a butcher for a supermarket was cutting chicken with a Hobart Corporation Model 6801 Bandsaw (Serial Number 311467097). The employee's right hand slipped and was struck by the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated pinky tip with skin loss but no bone loss.

Keywords: Bandsaw, Butcher, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Grocery Store, Hand, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Slicing Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Sawblade, Skin, Slip, Slippery Surface, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1557903.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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