Incident date: 2021-07-01
NAICS industry code: 324121

The injured employee and a co-worker were cleaning the jammed auger system of the rotary airlock feeder. The injured employee was using a piece of rebar when his hand and arm were pulled into the auger. His hand was injured and three fingers were amputated by the rotating auger.

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