Incident date: 2015-03-24
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee amputated his right index finger (at the middle knuckle) when it came in contact with the band saw while cutting meat at about 8:45 a.m. on 03-24-2015. The guards were in place at the time of the incident.

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