Incident date: 2016-07-23
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was trying to install a plug on a blender conveyor to stop meat trimmings from going into the blender. Her fingers then came in contact with the conveyor paddle of the conveyor, amputating a portion of the third finger (from the fingernail to the tip) and causing an avulsion to the second finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high