Incident date: 2023-05-30
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was placing a cut of meat on the platform of the band saw when her right hand contacted the blade. The employee sustained a severe right hand laceration one inch from the bottom knuckle of the right thumb through the middle of the palm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate