OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221386683

LMMM DALLAS #20, LTD

LONGVIEW, TX· 2021-08-22T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Butcher, Contact, Engineering Controls, Equipment Operator, Finger, Food processing, Grocery Store, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Push Stick, Sawblade, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 445110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345503940
Employer profile: LMMM DALLAS #20, LTD
Summary number: 221386683
Report ID: 0626300

Event description

Employee amputates finger cutting meat, contact with blade

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on August 22, 2021, an employee working as a butcher for a meat market was cutting meat with a bandsaw. The employee contacted the blade with his right hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his middle finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
686

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