Incident date: 2022-03-21
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was operating a machine that cools and smokes sausage. The employee was in the process of removing sausage which had jammed in the conveyor system of the machine when their left middle finger got caught between the belt and the pully resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high