Incident date: 2024-08-07
NAICS industry code: 311710

On August 7, 2024, a contracted employee was operating a fish skinner that uses two rotating stones to skin catfish when fingers on her right hand were caught by the stones and severely injured, resulting in hospitalization. The employee sustained an open wound of a finger with damage to the nail/nailbed and an open fracture of the distal phalanx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate