Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358526

DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Fingertip, Machine Guarding
NAICS
445110
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345331011
Employer profile
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
Summary number
221358526
Report ID
0936400

Event description

Employee's fingertip is amputated by activated bulker blade

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 a.m. on May 26, 2021, an employee was making hamburger and reached into a bulker machine to gather meat. In doing so, he unintentionally engaged the pressure switch, which activated the blade. The tip of the middle finger on his left hand was amputated. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 31 F

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    686

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