Incident date: 2016-07-14
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was in the process of setting up an RMC machine that takes mozzarella cheese and forms it into a block. The employee was installing a plastic wedge (approx. 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 in. thick, weighing approx. 25 lbs.) into the machine and amputated the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high