Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143331.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when cutting meat with bandsaw

Accident Summary Nr: 143331.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 01/14/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1575921.015	02/02/2022		424470	Wolverine Packing Company

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on January 14, 2022, an employee was using a bandsaw to cut frozen beef. The employee struck his finger against the running saw blade. The employee amputated his left index fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Blade, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Equipment Operator, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Guard, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Saw, Sawblade, Sheared, Struck Against, Training, Unguarded, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1575921.015	34	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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