Incident date: 2024-05-08
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was using a band saw to remove spinal bones from a ribeye. He was lining up the carcass with the saw table guide when his left thumb was lacerated and he sustained a partial transphalangeal amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high