Incident date: 2024-07-10
NAICS industry code: 325314

An employee was clearing out a hopper. The rotary airlock in the hopper amputated part of the employee's right thumb (without bone loss or ligament damage).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high