OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221368814

LMMM HOUSTON #32, LTD

HOUSTON, TX· 2021-06-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Butcher, Caught By, Contact, Cutting, Distracted, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Partial Amputation, Safety Device, Sawblade, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 424470
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345401905
Employer profile: LMMM HOUSTON #32, LTD
Summary number: 221368814
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee partially amputates thumb while cutting meat with s

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 a.m. on June 29, 2021, an employee working as a butcher for a meat market was using a Biro Model 3334 Meat Saw to cut chicken loins. The employee contacted the sawblade with his left thumb. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
686

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