Incident date: 2024-01-18
NAICS industry code: 311211

An employee was unplugging a rotary valve in a grain elevator using an air hose when their left index finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors bucket, cup, pan
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high