Incident date: 2015-06-05
NAICS industry code: 311615

On June 5, 2015, at approximately 11:45 a.m., an employee was working with blenders that are used to grind meat. An opening on the bottom of the grinder allows ground meat to fall into a buggy. The employee reached to remove a small portion of meat and his left hand made contact with an energized, rotating auger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high