Incident date: 2020-03-27
NAICS industry code: 311212

An employee was working on an R-valve that was clogged with rice. He was using a metal rod to break up the clog. When the clog of rice broke loose, the blades in the R-valve started to rotate and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high