Incident date: 2017-04-09
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was using the right hand to push meat across a meat slicer when the employee's vinyl glove was caught by the slicer blade, pulling the employee's right thumb into the blade. The employee's right thumb tip was amputated along with part of the thumbnail.

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