Incident date: 2015-09-05
NAICS industry code: 311611

While cleaning the blade area on a hock cutter the "double trigger" was inadvertently activated resulting in the amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle and a partial amputation of the tip of the middle finger.

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