Incident date: 2016-04-06
NAICS industry code: 424420

An employee was trying to remove pepperoni that was jammed in the guard of a slicer. As he pulled out the pepperoni, his hand was caught in the slicer blade. His right hand index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate