DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2019-09-18BrooklynNew YorkCobble Hill Health CenterFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using an electric food slicer when it caught his left ring finger and amputated the tip.
2018-06-02ThibodauxLouisianaWALMART 1016Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using an electrical food slicer when it amputated the employee's fingertip.
2017-07-28Bruceton MillsWest VirginiU.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of PrisonsFingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a food slicer to cut potatoes, when her fingers made contact with the blade. The first two fingertips on right hand were amputated, and a nail was damaged.
2016-08-12Long NeckDelawareGiant of Maryland LLCFingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cleaning and sharpening the food slicer's blade when her left hand contacted the blade, amputating her pointer and middle fingertips.
2016-04-06RockfordIllinoisState Line JJ's, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On or about April 6, 2016, an employee was cleaning a food slicer when her right ring fingertip contacted the spinning blade and was amputated. The slicer was unguarded and running at the time of the incident.
2015-09-29ScottsbluffNebraskaPanhandle Coop AssnFingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
While operating a food slicer to cut cucumbers in the grocery store, an employee amputated the tip of his right middle finger.
2015-04-03BostonMassachusettCOMPASS GROUP FOODSERVICEFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee amputated her right-hand thumb while removing cheese from an automated food slicer. The blade had not stopped turning at the time of the incident.
2015-03-13MorgantownPennsylvaniaAbraxas Youth and Family ServicesFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against object or equipment
While cleaning a food slicer, an employee amputated the ring finger on her right hand.