Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-09-18 | Brooklyn | New York | Cobble Hill Health Center | Fingertip(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. | |||||
2018-06-02 | Thibodaux | Louisiana | WALMART 1016 | Fingertip(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. | |||||
2017-07-28 | Bruceton Mills | West Virgini | U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons | Fingertip(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. | |||||
2016-08-12 | Long Neck | Delaware | Giant of Maryland LLC | Fingertip(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. | |||||
2016-04-06 | Rockford | Illinois | State 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. | |||||
2015-09-29 | Scottsbluff | Nebraska | Panhandle Coop Assn | Fingertip(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. | |||||
2015-04-03 | Boston | Massachusett | COMPASS GROUP FOODSERVICE | Finger(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. | |||||
2015-03-13 | Morgantown | Pennsylvania | Abraxas Youth and Family Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
While cleaning a food slicer, an employee amputated the ring finger on her right hand. |