Incident date: 2019-08-12
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was blocking a ham that was being cut with a band saw when the ham turned sideways. His hand then came into contact with the sawblade, resulting in an amputation of the pad of his right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high