Incident date: 2022-02-09
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was trimming the snout of a beef carcass with a butcher knife when the tendon that was securing the carcass to the holding area snapped, causing the carcass to fall and land on top of employee. The employee suffered a broken bone in the neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Animal carcass, roadkill
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate