Incident date: 2024-04-11
NAICS industry code: 325991

An employee was performing maintenance on a pelletizer. When they rotated the drum, their left index finger became caught between the pelletizer blades and the bed, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high