Incident date: 2024-02-01
NAICS industry code: 311811

An employee had been grinding potatoes. After finishing, the employee took off the feeding tray and saw some potato left in the throat of the grinder. She was clearing it when the grinder amputated her right ring, middle, and index fingers, as well as her right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: high