Incident date: 2017-07-20
NAICS industry code: 335912

An employee was scraping paste from a chute into a hopper when his scraping tool fell into the hopper. As he was attempting to retrieve his tool, the mechanical stirring paddle inside the hopper contacted his hand, injuring his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate