Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201164662 - Employee's thumb amputated in meat band saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201164662 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 02/05/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300866076	02/14/2003	5411	445110	Berberian Ent. Dba Jons Marketplace

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on February 5, 2003, Employee #1 was cutting hind shanks of meat on a Cobra Band Saw. While making the last cut from a piece of meat, the saw blade struck the shank bone and pulled his right hand to the blade. Employee #1 was hospitalized for amputation of his right thumb. According to injured employee, this assignment by his supervisor differed from all other assignments since he was hired on August of 2002. He regularly cuts only front shank which has smaller bone.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BANDSAW, THUMB, SAW, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300866076			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Butchers and meat cutters

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