Incident date: 2024-09-09
NAICS industry code: 311412

On September 9, 2024, at approximately 10:13 a.m., an employee opened the doors to a can opener to make routine mechanical adjustments. When the employee went to close the doors to the equipment, the distal tip of his left ring finger (above the nail) was struck by the closing door, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high