Incident date: 2018-02-13
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was operating a bucket elevator/leg machine and opened a metal cover located at the bottom of the machine. The employee was attempting to remove grain from inside the running machine and amputated the left middle finger and lacerated the ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high