Incident date: 2017-04-14
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was trimming snouts with a powered knife as they came down a conveyor. During a lull in product coming down the conveyor, the employee shut off the knife and made a few adjustments to tighten the blade. When the employee turned the knife back on, it oscillated in the employee's hand in a manner that caused the employee to lose control of the knife. The knife then hit the employee's face, causing a deep laceration to the left side of the cheek and mouth area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate