Incident date: 2015-08-05
NAICS industry code: 326199

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a rotary valve for a pallet on the roof. While cleaning debris around the plug inside the fitting valve, the employee's finger was amputated by rotating blades. The unit was running at the time of the incident.

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