Incident date: 2017-12-06
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was using a paddle to pull onions out of an onion washing machine when his right hand slipped off the paddle. His right thumb was then caught and fractured in the rollers of the machine's conveyor.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate