Incident date: 2015-09-02
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was using a band saw to cut boneless pit hams in half to run them through a slicer. The band saw motor ran in reverse, and the employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high