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Accident: 170797039 - Employee Suffers Amputation Using Hock Cutter

Accident: 170797039 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 01/02/2003
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30604916401/02/20032011Ibp Inc
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on January 2, 2003, Employee #1 was using a Jarvis Model 30CL-71 Hock Cutter to remove hocks from the forelegs of cattle at a slaughterhouse. Employee #1's left forearm came in contact with the point of operation of the hock cutter severing his left forearm at approximately the mid-point between the wrist and the elbow. Employee #1 suffered an amputation and was hospitalized.
Keywords: amputated, point of operation, arm
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 306049164 Hospitalized injury Amputation Occupation not reported

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