Incident date: 2020-09-29
NAICS industry code: 311611

On September 29, 2020, at approximately 1:45 a.m., an employee was visually inspecting a chain on top of the east scald cabinet of the kill floor when he slipped. To avoid a fall, he put his right hand down in the sprocket and chain. He was able to pull his hand free, but sustained two fractures to his middle finger, a fracture to his index finger and a laceration on the back of his hand that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Slip without fall, unspecified
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate