Incident date: 2019-01-18
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was using a plastic-handled bristled brush to clean dough from a rotating cutter on a dough sheeter when the brush was caught in the cutter and the employee's index finger contacted the cutter. The employee's right index finger was partially amputated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high