Incident date: 2019-01-18
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was cleaning the throat and screw on a plastic extrusion machine using a rag. The rag and the employee's right hand were pulled into the rotating screw causing the amputation of the middle fingertip and an avulsion to the index fingertip.

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