Incident date: 2016-01-22
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was emptying the dust collector on a fines hopper. After she centered the drum under the discharge, she raised her left hand to shake fines off of her hand. Her hand entered the vertical discharge chute, and her fingers contacted the rotating vanes of the rotary valve, amputating her left middle and ring fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high