Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201089737 - Employee Cut Thumb Cleaning Operating Meat Band Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201089737 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/15/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310823562	11/08/2007	5411	445110	Foods Co

Abstract: At 4:55 p.m. on July 15, 2007, Employee #1, a meat clerk, employed by Foods Company, received a left thumb injury in the course of his normal work duties. Employee #1 was cleaning a meat band saw, and had taken off the machine guards to spray inside with water. Employee #1 did this while the machine was running. When he went to push down on the plastic blade guard, Employee #1's left thumb came in contact with the running blade. He sustained a laceration to the tip of his thumb, with the cut running vertical to his thumbnail. He was transported to the Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno and treated for his injury.

Keywords: FOOD PREPARATION, BANDSAW, GUARD, CLEANING, MEAT SLICING MACHINE, THUMB, LACERATION, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310823562			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners

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