Incident date: 2021-08-02
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when the machine got stuck. As he was turning off the machine, the blade amputated his left thumb at the first knuckle.

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