A butcher died after getting his hand caught in a meat grinder

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 62-year-old Hispanic male butcher died the day after he caught his right hand in a meat grinder. The victim was cleaning the grinder when he stuck his hand into the revolving worm gear through the feed bowl. The power source to the meat grinder was not disconnected prior to the cleaning process. The victim was an independent contractor who rented space in a store and used the store's meat grinder. The owners of the store did not have any policy or program to ensure the safe use of the meat grinder. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure users of meat grinders disconnect or lockout and tagout the power source before starting the cleaning process.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Food Handling Food Industry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Grinding-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators Meat-handlers Mechanical-cleaning OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03CA008
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027332
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-111112
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 03CA008, 2004 Aug ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  44-45 - Retail Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ca5e96c638fbe9d5afed224c91618ed39697ed2002d96e108de267bb136dcd9d70434d791120773a21176809ddcbe807ce0f3241b4f1b4f79fe5854de834a5d5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/168924/cdc_168924_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 148.46 KB ]