OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673962
PIZZA HUT #402026
DES MOINES, IA·
Event description
AMPUTATED TIP OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER IN SLICER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SLICING PEPPERONI IN A HOBART MEAT SLICER. THE EMPLOYEE SHUT OFF THE MACHINE AND RAISED THE FOOD PUSHER/GUARD. SHE THEN REACHED INTO THE CUTTING AREA TO REMOVE SOME UNSLICED MEAT AND CAUGHT HER FINGER IN THE BLADE AS IT WAS COASTING TO A STOP. THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HER LEFT HAND WAS AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 439
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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