Incident date: 2018-11-14
NAICS industry code: 311615

Employees were cleaning the "skin puller machine" with a water hose. The injured employee was operating a water hose and nozzle, spray cleaning the machine. After the machine was cleaned and re-energized the employee noticed a tag of skin inside the machine and attempted to retrieve it. The employee's hand contacted the rotating parts resulting in partial amputation of the employee's middle, ring and index fingers.

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