Incident date: 2017-09-16
NAICS industry code: 311812

While an employee was cleaning the seeder line by blowing the line with an air gun, the line was activated and the employee's hand was caught between the chain and sprocket of the running line. The employee's right pinky and middle fingertips were amputated. The guard was not in place at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high