Incident date: 2020-11-25
NAICS industry code: 212319

An employee was using a compressor grease gun to apply grease to the rotating ring of the mixer drum on the back of a ready-mix truck. Grease built up between the roller and the mixer drum; the employee was trying to remove it when his right index finger was caught between the rollers. The last joint of the finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high