Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418759

LOWE'S MARKET

Event
Bandsaw, Blade, Contact, Meat Slicing Machine, Partial Amputation, Thumb
NAICS
445110
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345683288
Employer profile
LOWE'S MARKET
Summary number
221418759
Report ID
0627500

Event description

Employee amputates thumb on bandsaw

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on December 12, 2021, an employee was cutting beef shanks on a bandsaw with a bone cutting blade when his thumb made contact with the blade. The employee was hospitalized and the tip of his thumb on his right hand was amputated.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 66 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    686

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