Incident date: 2024-10-30
NAICS industry code: 311942

An employee was cleaning the bottom of a blender and noticed something sticking out of the edge of the gate. He went to remove the object and the ribbon blade caused amputations to his left index finger and 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, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: high