Incident date: 2024-02-15
NAICS industry code: 311411

An employee manning the dust collector located inside the feed mill was trying to extract a plastic bag that was caught in the rotating meter valve. The employee's left hand became caught, causing amputations to the fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high