Incident date: 2017-04-06
NAICS industry code: 311421

On April 6, 2017, an employee was cleaning a canning machine when the employee's right index fingertip contacted a rotating auger and was amputated. The machine was running and unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high