OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437338

PRIORITY WORKFORCE

MONROVIA, CA· 2021-08-18T00:00:00

Event: Bandsaw, Cleaning, Cutting, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Meat Processing, Meat Slicing Machine, Sawblade, Shear, Sheared, Staffing Agency, Struck Against, Table Saw, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Thumb, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 561320
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345753487
Employer profile: PRIORITY WORKFORCE
Summary number: 221437338
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee fractures, lacerates thumb while cleaning bandsaw t

Investigation abstract

At 1:10 p.m. on August 18, 2021, an employee working for a staffing service was working at a client site. The client is a manufacturer of ready-to-eat meals. The employee was working as a machine operator in the trimming department operating a meat cutting bandsaw cutting ribs. The employee poured water onto the cutting table to wash off the bone chips and meat debris. The employee was using his hands to spread water onto the cutting table while the blade was still running. The employee struck his right thumb against the cutting blade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a fracture and laceration to his thumb.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
779

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