Incident date: 2020-10-15
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was adding bags of minerals to a mixer. His fingers were caught in the rotating mixer blades while sweeping residual material into the opening resulting in amputation of the right index and middle fingertips. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high