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An employee was cutting pig's feet on a vertical band saw with a boning blade. The employee's hand was pushing the pig's feet into the blade when it amputated the employee's right thumb.

On December 30, 2017, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was attempting to clean clogged meat from a drain on a meat stuffer machine when a grinder unit in the drain caught his right index finger, amputating it to the first knuckle.

An employee was placing a felt roll into a staging cradle with an overhead crane when his finger was caught between the roll and cradle, resulting in a right pinky finger amputation.

An employee was cleaning and making adjustments to a punch press machine and partially amputated four left-hand fingers.

On December 29, 2017, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was operating a chipper when a piece of wood became stuck in the mouth of the chipper. As he was attempting to pry the wood loose, he slipped and his left hand went approximately 20 inches into the mouth of the chipper and contacted the moving knives, amputating the index and middle fingers on his left hand. The chipper was running at the time of the incident.

An employee was cleaning a screw auger and got his right index finger caught in the auger resulting in amputation of the finger.

On 12/29/2017, an employee was working on a conveyor system when his right thumb was caught and lacerated in a transition point on the belt. His right thumb tip was partially amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam on a machine and suffered an amputation injury.

On December 29, 2017, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee was attempting to pull plastic through a plastic cutting machine when the machine blades closed on and amputated approximately 1/8 of his left middle fingertip.

An employee was changing a forklift cylinder. The employee was gauging the distance from the cylinder to the forklift mast through a hole with his left index finger when he asked a coworker to lower the forklift's mast. As the mast lowered, the employee's finger was caught between the mast and the cylinder, amputating the fingertip.

An employee was delivering a load of peanut oil in a food grade liquid oil bulk tank. While he was disconnecting the hose from the truck's tank, he reversed the pump flow to remove the excess oil from the hose. The hose plunger was not inserted at the time. When the employee attempted to re-insert the hose plunger, the suction of the pump caught his left index finger between the pump and the plunger, crushing his fingertip, which had to be surgically amputated.

An employee was setting up a coater machine to run an order for a customer. While he was attempting to wipe off grease from a roller, his right hand contacted the roller and his thumb was pulled into the pinch point between rollers. His right thumb tip was crushed (some skin removed) and had to be surgically amputated to the first knuckle.

An employee was sliding a pallet off of a truck when his finger was caught between the plastic ties and the load. Approximately one-quarter of his finger was amputated.

An employee was cleaning a fudge depositor machine when his finger entered the auto fill valve while the machine was still energized, resulting in his finger being cut/amputated.

An employee was cleaning a band saw when his left hand was caught by the blade, lacerating his thumb.

An employee was cleaning a gut buggy. The lid was up on the cleaning tray when it dropped and closed on his left index finger, amputating the fingertip.

On 12/27/2017, an employee was working on a store safe when the safe door slammed shut on her thumb, amputating the tip.

Two employees were working on a forklift due to a belt issue. The injured employee was working on the belt when the other employee started the forklift. The belt and pulley in the forklift motor then amputated the injured employee's right index fingertip.

An employee removed a folded piece of veneer from a conveyor belt and then turned around to get ready to straighten the next piece. When he turned, his gloved left hand contacted the belt, which then pulled his index finger into the pinch point between the drive roll and guide plate. When he pulled his hand free, his index fingertip was torn off.

On December 27, 2017, an employee was clearing a jam on a granulator machine when the machine's blade came loose and amputated the employee's fingertip. The machine was locked out at the time.

An employee was changing the tooling and setting up a spot welding machine when both of the employee's thumbs were crushed in the machine's point of operation. Both thumb tips were amputated.

Two employees were pulling slate pieces (weighing 150 to 225 pounds) from a shipping crate that was stacked on another crate. The employees removed the side of the crate to remove the slate pieces. As they were removing a piece, it shifted and pinched the injured employee's left middle finger, amputating half an inch of the fingertip.

An employee was attempting to clear a jam of material from a trim conveyor on the back side of a strip caster when his finger was caught in the chain drive sprocket. His left ring finger was amputated just below the first knuckle. The chain was unguarded and the conveyor was not locked out at the time of the incident.

An employee was swinging a basket of castings when the basket came down and amputated the employee's finger.

An employee was using an electric meat saw to cut a ham for a customer when the saw amputated the right ring fingertip.