Incident date: 2023-08-04
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was running a pharmaceutical encapsulation machine. He went to push powder further down into the hopper and the machine's auger struck a fingertip on his right hand, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high