Incident date: 2021-12-17
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was working on a meat processing line, inspecting a ham leg, when they noticed two pieces of ham leg approaching the hind foot saw. The employee slipped while reaching to grab them, and the saw amputated their right middle finger at the first knuckle.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high