Incident date: 2016-03-08
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was removing a contaminated piece of meat from a hanging bovine carcass using a trimming knife. The employee was stabbed with their own trimming knife when a piece of fat fell on their cutting arm, pushing the arm into the stomach/abdomen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate