Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at U. S. Dept. of Defense
Start: 8/8/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088165 · 8/8/2019 · U. S. Dept. of Defense

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name: U. S. Dept. of Defense
Location: Fort Bragg South Commissary, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, 28310
NAICS: 928110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was using a meat grinder to tenderize round steaks when her gloved left hand became caught in the blades. The employee sustained lacerations and torn tendons.

Source

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