Incident date: 2024-12-12
NAICS industry code: 311712

An employee opened a fillet machine to remove a fish that had gotten stuck when their left hand made contact with the blade, resulting in cut ligaments between the thumb and index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate