Incident date: 2015-05-17
NAICS industry code: 713110

An employee severed the right-hand index fingertip while cleaning a mixer used for batter at a food concession. The mixer was still plugged into an electrical outlet and was turned on at the time of the incident. The fingertip was severed when it got caught in the shaft.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high