Incident date: 2024-11-07
NAICS industry code: 445110

On November 7, 2024, an employee was cutting lamb chops with a saw. He finished the last cut and then reached to pick up the last piece of meat. His right ring finger made contact with the still-rotating saw blade, which amputated the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high