OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391329

THE KROGER CO.

URBANA, OH· 2021-09-06T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Butcher, Caught By, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Glove, Grocery Store, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Meat Slicing Machine, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Reaching, Sawblade, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Work Surface
NAICS: 445110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345528947
Employer profile: THE KROGER CO.
Summary number: 221391329
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee amputates thumb and fingertip when pulled into sawb

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on September 6, 2021, an employee working as a butcher in a grocery store was working in the meat department. The employee was operating a Biro Model 3334 (Serial Number 52744) bandsaw cutting bone-in ribeye steaks which were on sale that week. There were no coworkers or customers in the area at the time to witness what occurred. The employee reached behind the blade with his left hand to remove a steak he was cutting from the saw table. The bone caught in the sawblade and pulled the employee's right hand and protective push plate into the blade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb and index fingertips. The fingertip was reattached.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
686

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