Incident date: 2025-04-11
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was processing meat on a meat saw. His hand slipped and came into contact with a circular blade, which lacerated his right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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