Incident date: 2015-07-27
NAICS industry code: 452910

An employee's thumb tip was amputated while operating a band saw to cut boneless ribeye steaks in the meat department. Hand/finger guards were not in place at the time. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high