Incident date: 2015-10-06
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was cleaning equipment using the central vacuum hose. The hose was not working properly.  The employee tried to troubleshoot the issue and reached underneath the rotary feeder catching his finger on the blade and amputating the tip of his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high