Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 325311

An employee was clearing an apparent jam from a dust collector machine. A rotary valve on the bottom of the dust collector amputated the first joint of the employee's right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high