Incident date: 2023-11-16
NAICS industry code: 311611

On November 16, 2023, an employee was using a handheld skinner to cut the skin off pork loins that were going down the line in a processing plant. The employee was holding the skinner with their left hand and the product with their right hand when the skinner blade contacted their right hand. The employee suffered a loss of skin on their index and middle finger as well as a laceration down to the bone, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple types of open wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate