Incident date: 2021-12-13
NAICS industry code: 424470

On December 13, 2021, an employee was operating a meat bandsaw. He had just finished cutting some meat, and then turned away from the bandsaw to gather more meat, when his right index finger contacted the blade. He suffered an amputation just below the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high