Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202445185 - Employee's Finger Is Amputated in Band Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 202445185 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/01/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310597992	04/19/2007	5411	445110	Stater Bros Market

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 a.m. on April 1, 2007, an employee was slicing a ham on the pork bandsaw when the hock, skin, became entangled in the bandsaw platform crevice. The employee sustained partial amputation of the right thumb when the thumb came in contact with the blade of a meat cutting bandsaw. The employee was transported to Saint Bernadines Medical Center, where the severed portion of the thumb was reattached.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BANDSAW, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310597992			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Butchers and meat cutters

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