Incident date: 2016-09-06
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee used a cleaning rod to clear ground beef out of a running grinder. The grinder grabbed the cleaning rod and pinned the employee's thumb to the machinery, amputating the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high