OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455059
FDL FOODS, INC.
DUBUQUE, IA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE PARTIALLY AMPUTATED FINGER ON MEAT BAND SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER MEAT PACKING PLANT EMPLOYEE WERE CUTTING RIBS ON A 16 IN CH MEAT BANDSAW. EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE SAW TO REMOVE SOME SAWDUST AND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE BLADE. THERE WAS A ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH OPENING BETWE EN THE TOP OF THE TABLE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BANDSAW GUARD.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 686
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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