Incident date: 2016-03-07
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was cleaning up the area when he noticed a piece of meat on the frame of an overhead saw (tail cutter). The employee reached up to get the meat but contacted the blade instead, amputating his left index fingertip.

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