Incident date: 2018-02-03
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee retrieved two hams to slice for a customer and placed one of the hams on the table of a vertical band saw. When the employee made the first cut, the moving blade amputated the employee's right index finger above the middle knuckle. The guard was raised in the highest position which did not guard the saw blade.

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: high