OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429731

STRAUSS BRANDS INCORPORATED

FRANKLIN, WI· 2021-11-17T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Contact, Cutting, Fingertip, Meat Slicing Machine, Sawblade, Unguarded
NAICS: 424470
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345652937
Employer profile: STRAUSS BRANDS INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221429731
Report ID: 0523400

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while cutting meat with bandsaw

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was cutting meat on vertical bandsaw when his hand made contact with the unguarded saw blade. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his left index fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 62 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
779

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