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After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.

An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

A maintenance employee was called to look at a pallet conveyor machine where a chain had fallen off a sprocket wheel. When the employee grabbed the loose chain, a light sensor caused the machine to restart. This created a pinch point between the chain and sprocket that caught the employee's left little finger. The finger was surgically amputated at the second knuckle.

A temporary employee was working to unclog butter from a butter melter pump. His right index finger was caught in the machine, and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was energized at the time.

An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.

An employee was cleaning a part on a pedestal grinder. The employee's middle finger contacted the abrasive wheel, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was using a horn cutter to remove horns from a carcass. When the horn was cut, it bent backward and pinched the employee's left little finger against the handle of the horn cutter, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee working at the reject conveyor was placing a product guide bar on the conveyor. This metal guide bar is placed on the side of the conveyor belt to funnel the product, preventing it from falling off the sides. As he was getting the attachment positioned, his left ring finger was caught between the conveyor belt and the conveyor belt frame. The employee's finger was fractured and partially amputated.

On September 25, 2025, an employee was operating a band saw that cuts gyro cones. The employee went to grab scraps and contacted the blade, resulting in a laceration to their left middle finger and an amputation to the left index fingertip.

On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

An employee had been using a tub dumper to dump product on a belt. The employee was letting the tub dumper down and removing the tub when his right little finger was crushed in the frame and amputated.

A conveyor drive had been strapped to a lift for removal. As the drive was removed, the strap holding it shifted, causing it to swing. An employee's right hand was caught between the swinging drive and the frame of the conveyor, and the last joint of the little finger was amputated.

An employee was troubleshooting a miscellaneous box strapping machine. Their left index finger was caught in a component on the tabletop of the machine. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was removing product from a leg quarter saw with a hook when the hook became jammed. As he was getting the hook free, his right hand came into contact with the saw, which partially amputated his middle finger.

An employee was working to drop the tailgate on a rented dump truck. His right thumb was caught in a pinch point between the tailgate and a retaining chain. He suffered a partial amputation to the thumb, past the last knuckle.

An employee was standing at a workstation, preparing to hang poultry. The employee reached to close a manual air damper for an air vent, which caught their left middle finger as it closed. The employee suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was using a pneumatic impact wrench to tighten bolts on a brake press anvil. The impact wrench hooked up on something, causing the tool to rotate. This spun his left hand with it. Their index finger was pinched between the side handle of the tool and an anvil bolt on the press, resulting in an open fracture. The employee required a medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was adjusting the belt in a poultry packaging machine whose jaws were not retracting. The employee's right hand was caught in a belt-and-sprocket pinch point, and the employee suffered amputations to the ring and little fingertips.

An employee was taking a meatball mixture out of a carbon dioxide mixer on the side of a spiral oven. The employee opened the ejection doors of the mixer and was working to facilitate the ejection of the mixture by manipulating it by hand as it came out. His right hand was caught in the mixing paddles, which amputated the index, middle, and ring fingers above the second knuckle.

An employee was waiting for test product to come out of a freezer. While the employee was lowering the basket used to catch the test product, their left little finger was caught between the basket and the side shield on the freezer slide chute, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was observing a cyclone machine. His right hand was caught inside the machine by the rotating motion of the airlock valve cycling inside the casing, resulting in the amputation of four fingers.

An employee was troubleshooting a vibration and noise issue on a slicer. He manually rotated the idler pulley when his right index finger went through a cleaning hole in the pulley, causing it to get caught between the pulley and a bearing block. The employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

On August 5, 2025, at 12:50 AM, an employee was cleaning the batter mixing and tempura machine after seeing clumps in the outfeed. Their right ring fingertip was caught between the flight of the belt and the top edge of the slide of the machine resulting in amputation.

On July 21, 2025, at 9:52 a.m., an employee was moving rolls of film from a cart onto a stand when the roll slid to one side and fell through the stand's frame. The core of the roll struck their left hand, crushing their ring finger against the stand and resulting in fractures and a fingertip amputation that required hospitalization.