Incident date: 2022-01-06
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was pushing a cow femur into a bandsaw to cut out a beef shank piece. The saw hesitated and the employee stopped pushing; the saw started back up, and as the employee pushed the bone, the blade contacted the employee's right thumb and amputated the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high