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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016032187 · 3/12/2016 · Schofield Barracks-Defense Commissary Agency DeCA West, Pacific Area

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Butchering machinery
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Schofield Barracks-Defense Commissary Agency DeCA West, Pacific Area
Location
698 Trimble Rd., WAHIAWA, HAWAII, 96786
NAICS
445110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was slicing meat using a band saw when the movable platform on which the meat was placed stalled. With his right hand on top of the meat, the employee used his right side hip to apply more force on the moving platform to push the meat toward the operating band saw. He was wearing cotton gloves at the time of the incident. The right-hand cotton glove became caught between the meat and the band saw, which consequently dragged his right ring finger toward the point of operation. His finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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