Incident date: 2015-05-21
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was cleaning an auger on a production line. He suffered a finger amputation when he reached into the 8-inch auger, which came down on his finger.

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