Incident date: 2021-12-18
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was cleaning meat from within the x-ray portion of a purge machine. The gate of the machine activated, and its valve amputated the employee's fingertip below the fingernail.

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