Incident date: 2018-03-15
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was removing packaging from a block of frozen meat when the block tipped and pinched the employee's fingertip between the block of meat and the table, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Meat, poultry, seafood
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high