Incident date: 2015-01-15
NAICS industry code: 311615

Following flashlight failure during a pre-op inspection, employee was pointing to sanitation and contacted the belt with the right index finger, avulsing the fingertip and fracturing the bone. Employee was transported to the hospital where the fingertip and bone were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate