Incident date: 2020-08-25
NAICS industry code: 424470

On August 25, 2020, an employee was operating a vertical band saw to cut meat when the employee's right hand made contact with the energized saw blade, resulting in an amputation to the right thumb tip.

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