Incident date: 2017-09-27
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of fat that was stuck on the bottom side of a small intestine splitter when her left index finger made contact with the energized blade, amputating the fingertip above the first knuckle. The cutting blade was unguarded at the time.

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