Incident date: 2019-07-12
NAICS industry code: 311942

An employee was applying stickers to boxes. He went to remove something that was stuck in the rotary valve when the valve became energized and caused the amputation of the left index finger at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high