Incident date: 2019-10-15
NAICS industry code: 326199

On October 15, 2019, an employee was attempting to clear a jam on an extruder machine when the employee's right hand made contact with the extruder's rotating screw, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high