Incident date: 2024-06-26
NAICS industry code: 311822

An employee was troubleshooting a mixer on the biscuit line when their hand became caught under the machine belt, resulting in fractures and an amputation of their middle fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high