Abstract: At 10:50 a.m. on June 29, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a meat processing facility was operating a Multivac Model #R245 Flexible Thermoforming Packaging Machine (Serial# Iowa 141417). The machine forms plastic trays at the south end which are then loaded with product and sealed in the middle and separated into individual packs at the north end. The trays are separated by longitudinal cross-cutting blades. When activated, a cross-cutting blade rises up from an area located below the conveyor belt. The edge of the blade then moves into a guard located above the cut packs before returning to the home position. Three packs became jammed between the blade that separated the packs and the blade guard. The employee had pulled two of the packs free and was reaching for the third when the blade activated. The blade contacted the employee's right hand. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.