Incident date: 2024-06-24
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was finalizing maintenance on the side roller located on the harvest floor and was checking pressure on the pump. The employee noted a piece of a carcass inside the puller and as they attempted to remove it, their finger was caught and amputated by the clamp.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high