Incident date: 2015-01-05
NAICS industry code: 112112

On or about January 5th, 2015,at approximately 1:30 pm, an employee was greasing a bearing on the Buffalo roller mill in preparation to roll corn for cattle feed.  The roller mill was being driven by a PTO.  The employees left hand was pulled by a chain into a sprocket, amputating the left index finger.  The employee was transported to Great Plains Regional Hospital with the amputated finger for treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high