Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ACME Markets, 660 McLean Avenue, YONKERS, NEW YORK 10704
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee had just finished cutting porterhouse steaks and was preparing to move them to his block for trimming and packaging. He was moving to turn the saw off when the stack of cut steaks, on the table of the saw, started to fall over. The saw amputated the tip of his right middle finger and lacerated his right index finger, causing a cut that required stitches.
An employee was slicing short loin with a band saw when the meat skipped on the blade, resulting in amputation of the employee's right thumb between the knuckle and nail.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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