Incident date: 2015-03-03
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was cleaning a pump near the marination mix tank. She removed the piping but did not remove the cover and reached into the opening. She felt the sharpness of the impeller and quickly withdrew her hand. The distal portion of the third finger on the left hand was amputated.

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