Incident date: 2020-08-05
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was grinding meat when the machine jammed. The employee cleared the machine and retracted her hand when the sleeve of her smock got caught and triggered the clicker, causing the blade to come down. The employee suffered an amputation of their left ring, middle, and index fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high