Inspection Detail

Inspection: 312669336 - Bodega Latina Corp Dba El Super

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Investigation Summary

At 1:00 p.m. on February 9, 2012, Employee #1 started work at El Super Supermarket, a food retailer that provided food products to customers. Employee #1 was hired into the Meat Department as a meat clerk, and he had been employed with El Super Supermarket since September 2009. Around June of 2011, Employee #1 began training to be a meat cutter. From 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on February 9, 2012, Employee #1 was providing customer service and cutting meat with the bandsaw (Hobart Model Number 6801; Serial Number 27-1095-555). Employee #1 went on his lunch break, came back, and continued performing the same duties of customer service and meat cutting. One customer asked Employee #1 to cut a portion of frozen lamb meat, and Employee #1 provided the cut piece the customer wanted. At approximately 7:00 p.m., Employee #1 went back to cut the remaining piece of meat to fill the display. While using the bandsaw to cut the remaining piece, Employee #1's hand slipped and his left ring finger was amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The occupational accident was reported to the Cal/OSHA West Covina District Office at approximately 8:09 a.m. on February 10, 2012. It was determined that the employer had not ensured that Employee #1 was adequately trained to use the meat bandsaw and had not ensured that the bandsaw blade guard was being used.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FOOD PREPARATION, BANDSAW, FINGER, GUARD, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, ELECTRIC SAW, UNTRAINED