Incident date: 2017-08-10
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was reassembling food processing equipment after cleaning it. As the employee was positioning the auger screw in the auger screw housing, a coworker pushed the end of the auger screw into the housing, causing the employee's right hand to be pinned between the auger screw and the auger housing. The employee's index and middle fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high