Incident date: 2017-12-09
NAICS industry code: 311611

On December 9, 2017, at approximately 1:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to remove a piece of meat from a hook when the employee's right index fingertip was pinched between the hook's handle and a conveyor siderail, resulting in an amputation just below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high