Incident date: 2019-10-05
NAICS industry code: 424430

An employee helped install a new blade on the bun slicer section of a production line. Upon restarting the production line, a bun was misaligned and the employee attempted to straighten it. The slicer blade contacted the employee's right hand, resulting in amputation of the index finger and lacerations to the other fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high