Incident date: 2018-04-11
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was sorting carcasses when one of the carcasses became caught. The employee turned off the chain and was attempting to free the carcass when the guide bar came off and struck the employee across the bridge of the nose and cheekbone. The employee's nose was shattered.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate