Incident date: 2024-06-14
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was working on the intestine-processing machine in the casing department. He was using a hook to remove casings from the machine when his left middle finger contacted the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high