OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694703

MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,LOCKOUT,HAND,INATTENTION,MEAT GRINDER

1988-09-05T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,LOCKOUT,HAND,INATTENTION,MEAT GRINDER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 694703
Report ID: 355118

Event description

Employee's hand amputated in meat grinder

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:10 p.m. on September 5, 1988, Employee #1 was making ground c huck with a meat grinder in the meat department of a grocery store. Employee #1 thought that he had shut the grinder off and reached under the guard with his ri ght hand to remove a piece of unground meat from the grinding area. His right ha nd was amputated and Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
12

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
686

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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