Incident date: 2018-12-29
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was cleaning out a compound receiving bin to remove a jam around the flow valve. When the compound receiving bin flow valve became dislodged, the compound bin started again and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

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