Incident date: 2018-07-02
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was brushing off excess meat from a grinder when the spiral knife blade amputated her right pointer finger above the first knuckle. The grinder was in operation at the time of the incident.

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