Incident date: 2015-08-28
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was using a meat grinder. He turned the machine off and reached up under the guard and into die because he thought meat was stuck in the die.  The blade hadn't completely stopped and his finger was amputated just above the cuticle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high