Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 146607.015 - Employee lacerates thumb while cutting meat, later amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 146607.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/30/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1588386.015	04/07/2022		424490	Martin'S Supermarkets

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on January 30, 2022, an employee was cutting meat when he looked away from the machine. The employee made contact with saw blade and lacerated his right thumb. The thumb was surgically amputated at the hospital, where he was treated and released the same day.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Butcher, Contact, Cutting, Distracted, Finger, Food Handling, Grocery Store, Hand, Laceration, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Saw, Sawblade, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1588386.015	34	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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