Incident date: 2015-04-03
NAICS industry code: 722310

An employee amputated her right-hand thumb while removing cheese from an automated food slicer. The blade had not stopped turning at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high