Incident date: 2016-12-27
NAICS industry code: 311615

On December 27, 2016, at approximately 10:50 p.m., an employee was changing the shackles on an evisceration line when his right thumb was amputated by the line. The shackle line was not turned off at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high