Incident date: 2017-05-16
NAICS industry code: 722310

An employee was removing a jammed pickle from a tumbler filler when it rotated and amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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