Incident date: 2018-02-12
NAICS industry code: 327215

An employee was clearing a clog in the air rotary. The paddles within the air rotary energized and began to rotate. As the paddles rotated, they pinched the tip of the employee's right ring finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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