Incident date: 2016-03-21
NAICS industry code: 311513

On 03-21-2016, an employee was cleaning the rotary valve section of a cheese de-weigher when the valve's rotating paddles amputated the employee's left-hand ring and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high