Incident date: 2024-05-01
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was processing boneless beef using the band saw. She finished and powered it down. She then began clearing the cutting surface when her right ring finger contacted the blade, resulting in amputation of one-quarter of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high