Incident date: 2015-08-05
NAICS industry code: 445110

On August 5, 2015, at approximately 3:15 p.m., an employee was cutting meat on the power meat saw. He tried to cut some very thin steaks and lost his grip; his right thumb came into contact with the meat saw blade, and his right thumb tip was amputated.

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: moderate