Incident date: 2018-07-10
NAICS industry code: 424470

An employee was working at a carcass splitter when a carcass became caught on the splitter blade. As the employee attempted to clear the carcass, the line restarted and the blade amputated the employee's left index finger to the distal interphalangeal joint. The blade was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high