Incident date: 2024-11-22
NAICS industry code: 311615

On November 22, 2024, at 3:00 a.m., an employee was using a spray gun to wash a leg quarter conveyor. The spray gun touched the line and the employee's right thumb was caught between the handle of the spray gun and the conveyor, resulting in amputation to the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high