Incident date: 2017-03-02
NAICS industry code: 311712

An employee was closing a guard over a machine when the guard slipped out of his hand and pinched his hand between the guard and the slicer resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high