Incident date: 2024-09-19
NAICS industry code: 311615

On September 19, 2024, a sanitation employee was cleaning a gizzard peeler machine. While removing a piece of meat, his glove was pulled into the rollers of the machine, resulting in amputation of his left index and middle fingers to the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high