Incident date: 2017-08-17
NAICS industry code: 237990

The injured employee moved a super sack of product to the crystallizer area by forklift. The sack is lifted by a hoist over the hopper of the slurry machine and the bottom of the super sack is cut. The employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of sack that fell into the operating hopper when his left hand became caught in the hopper, injuring his middle and ring fingers.

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