Amputations

Name: Amputations at DOD Defense Commissary Agency
Start: 11/20/2017

1 amputation · 20171111127 · 11/20/2017 · DOD Defense Commissary Agency

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food slicers

Employer

Name: DOD Defense Commissary Agency
Location: Norfolk Commissary, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23511
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was disassembling a meat cutting machine to clean it. The machine was still plugged in at the time, and a switch was triggered while the employee's hand was inside the cutting area. The machine's blade then amputated the employee's left middle fingertip (no bone loss).

Source

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