OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001668
SWIFT INDEPENDENT PACK
DES MOINES, IA·
Event description
FINGER CUT BY CUTTING BLADES OF HOOF CUTTER.
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING FORELEGS FROM CATTLE CARCASSES, USING A PORTABLE "HOOF C UTTER", WHEN THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CUTTER BLADES. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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