Incident date: 2018-09-18
NAICS industry code: 424470

An employee was slicing ham on a band saw when the ham became caught on the blade. The ham lifted and rotated sideways, causing the employee's hand to slip and contact the blade. The employee suffered a laceration/partial amputation to the left index finger and a small laceration to the left ring finger.

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), unspecified
severity: high