OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001726

KNIFE,FINGER,WORK RULES,LACERATION,INATTENTION

1987-09-14T00:00:00

Event: KNIFE,FINGER,WORK RULES,LACERATION,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1001726
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's fingertip cut by air knife

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was trimming the hide off the rump of a hog carcass when she cut the tip of her finger with an air knife. The finger was not amputated.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 F

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
10

Event type
1

Source
21

Occupation code
769

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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