Incident date: 2015-04-14
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was removing a loin wing from the strip using a vertical band saw. A piece dangled from the loin. The employee tried to grab it, and a finger came in contact with the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high