OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221366495

MSN ENTERPRISES

WARREN, MI· 2021-05-23T00:00:00

Event: Avulsion, Bandsaw, Blade, Butcher, Caught By, Finger, Food Handling, Grocery Store, Hand, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Slicing Machine, Pulled In, Push Stick, Pushing, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Training, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 445230
Inspection type: Planned
Activity number: #345387310
Employer profile: MSN ENTERPRISES
Summary number: 221366495
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee lacerates two fingers while cutting meat with bands

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on May 23, 2021, an employee working as a butcher for a grocery store was cutting steaks using a vertical bandsaw. The employee was using a piece of meat in lieu of a push stuck to cut a 1-inch thick bone-in steak into two 1/2-inch thick pieces. The employee pushed the steak along the gauge plate and through the bandsaw blade. After passing through the bone, the blade caught the meat and pulled the employee's right hand into the sawblade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an avulsion to his ring finger and a laceration to his middle finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
686

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