Crime & Safety

Andronicos Market Employee Severs Arm in Meat Grinder

Initial reports said a 28-year-old man suffered an amputation at the supermarket while using a meat grinder.

 

By Bay City News

An employee at Andronico's Market in San Anselmo reportedly severed his right arm in a meat grinder while working at the store late Monday afternoon.

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Ross Valley Fire Department spokeswoman JoAnne Lewis said the department responded at 5:33 p.m. to a report of a male employee who had suffered an amputation at the supermarket, located at 100 Center Blvd.

Paramedics took the injured man to Marin General Hospital, Lewis said.

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Peter Melton, spokesman for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, said the initial report was that an employee had suffered a compound fracture when he cut his arm in a meat grinder.

Melton said the injured employee is a 28-year-old Rohnert Park man. He was scheduled to have surgery today, Melton said.

Cal-OSHA was sending an inspector to the market today, Melton said.

Damilia Loupy, a spokeswoman at Andronico's Community Markets' corporate office, said the company would not comment on the incident today.

Andronico's Community Markets also has stores in Berkeley, Los Altos and San Francisco.


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