OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434004

VIVIDUS VENTURE CORPORATION

BUENA PARK, CA· 2022-01-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cook, Cutting, Finger, Restaurant
NAICS: 722511
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345762298
Employer profile: VIVIDUS VENTURE CORPORATION
Summary number: 221434004
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee amputates finger in vegetable cutter

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on January 8, 2022, an employee, a cook, was using vegetable cutter in the kitchen of a restaurant when her hand got stuck in. Emergency services were called and responders had to cut the plastic vegetable cutter to get employee's hand out. The employee was taken to a local hospital to treat a right index finger amputation. The employee was released after treatment.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 F

Event type
6

Occupation code
436

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