Incident date: 2017-06-08
NAICS industry code: 325188

An employee was troubleshooting a solid handling transfer system. He opened an observation port and was attempting to brush away some material from the machine's solid screw feeder when his left hand was caught in the feeder, partially amputating his ring and pinky fingers to the first knuckle. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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