Incident date: 2017-09-14
NAICS industry code: 311612

On September 14, 2017, an employee was loading a 70-pound box of meat onto a non-powered conveyor line when the employee's left pinky finger was smashed and fractured between the box and the conveyor, requiring surgical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high