Incident date: 2024-02-14
NAICS industry code: 311511

On February 14, 2024, at 9:00 p.m., an employee was cleaning an agitator machine with a water hose. The employee dropped the hose into the agitator. They were retrieving the hose when their right hand was struck by a moving part, resulting in partial amputation of their index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high