Incident date: 2017-01-19
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was removing chicken wing totes from beneath a wing separator. The employee reached up under the wing separator to retrieve a hanging chicken piece and contacted the separator. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated above the nailbed.

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: moderate