Amputations

Name: Amputations at Shaws Supermarkets
Start: 5/20/2017

1 amputation · 2017054586 · 5/20/2017 · Shaws Supermarkets

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Shaws Supermarkets
Location: 93 Prospect St, MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01757
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting bone-in pork on a band saw. When he fed the product into the blade, it kicked out and rolled below the height of the guard, bringing his hand into contact with the blade and partially amputating his finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown