Incident date: 2020-01-31
NAICS industry code: 311611

On January 31, 2020, at approximately 7:35 AM, the injured employee was inspecting carcasses for contamination on the pre-final rail while another employee was operating a handheld skinner on the opposite side of the carcass. The employee using the handheld skinner started to remove hair on the right side of the carcass at the same time that the injured employee reached to turn the carcass with the left hand. As the carcass was turned, the injured employee's left hand hit against the skinner, resulting in an amputation of the left 5th fingertip down to the first knuckle and a laceration to the left 4th fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high