Incident date: 2015-03-29
NAICS industry code: 445110

On or about 3/29/15, at 2:00 PM, an employee working in the meat department was helping a customer that requested chicken. The employee proceeded to cut the chicken with a band saw when it slipped and amputated the tip of her right thumb. She was hospitalized to reattach the thumb tip.

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: high