Incident date: 2015-09-02
NAICS industry code: 316110

An employee was handling hides to get them in the deflesher when the "gripper" jaws opened and shut on the employee's left pinky. The employee sustained a soft tissue amputation of the left pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high