Incident date: 2017-04-09
NAICS industry code: 112310

An employee was repairing a feed line auger that had tension in the system. The employee thought he had the energy released, but it was spring loaded. When the energy released, it pinched his finger against the cage. His finger was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high