Incident date: 2019-01-23
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was operating a block chopper. A frozen block of product was not feeding properly. While the employee was adjusting it with a meat hook, the chopper grabbed the hook and the employee's right little finger was pinched between the hook and the chopper's feed shoot. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high