Incident date: 2017-07-05
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was operating a fleshing machine when an animal hide became stuck in the roller system. As the employee attempted to remove the hide, the employee's left hand was pinched between a rotating chain and sprocket, partially amputating the third digit fingertip and avulsing the second and fourth digits. The machine was guarded and was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high