Incident date: 2024-12-15
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut meat. They were wearing cut-resistant gloves, and a loose thread on the gloves got caught in the blade. Their right little finger was pulled into the saw. The employee suffered a finger laceration with a lacerated tendon.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate