Incident date: 2021-12-19
NAICS industry code: 314110

An employee was cleaning out a waste container on a dust collector. The employee went to remove a string from the dust collector and his hand was pulled into the rotary valve, resulting in amputations to two fingertips on his right hand.

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