Incident date: 2015-01-20
NAICS industry code: 311611

On 1/20/2015, at about 6:30 p.m., an employee helped a second employee at the Townsend Skinner machine, which separates pig fat from pig skin. The employee reached into the conveyor belt, which has serrated teeth, and his right little finger was caught. He was transported to BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas, and his right little finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-belt
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high