Incident date: 2025-03-13
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was changing a hydraulic cylinder from a poultry-washing machine. During the installation of the bath, a 4-by-4 filler block broke, causing the top plate to come down and strike the employee's left hand. The employee suffered amputations to the index and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high