Incident date: 2021-08-31
NAICS industry code: 325510

On August 31, 2021, an employee was running an extruder. As the employee used a metal spatula to scrape built-up extrudate from the chill knife, he lost his balance and his little finger was caught in the rollers. The fingertip was degloved.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate