Incident date: 2019-01-14
NAICS industry code: 325520

An employee was manually clearing a clog in a centrifuge machine when his fingers were caught and crushed between the dryer mechanism and the centrifuge, ripping the skin and meat off and leaving the bone. As a result, his right middle and ring fingers had to be surgically amputated.

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