Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Giant Eagle, 30320 Lakeshore Blvd, WILLOWICK, OHIO 44095
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While cutting meat for a customer, an employee's thumb became caught in the guard/bandsaw, amputating it to the knuckle.
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An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
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