Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221416951

CUSTOM CRAFT POULTRY, LLC

Event
Amputation, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Machine operator, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Wing
NAICS
311615
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345672901
Employer profile
CUSTOM CRAFT POULTRY, LLC
Summary number
221416951
Report ID
0627100

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when struck by sawblade

Investigation abstract

At 07:55 a.m. on November 29, 2021, an employee was cutting chicken wings on a wing saw. The employee had turned the saw machine off, then noticed one more wing needed to be cut. The employee turned the machine back on, cut the chicken wing, and then turned the machine back off. The employee then rested her hand on the bar of the machine and the blade amputated her left ring fingertip. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 F

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    727

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