Incident date: 2023-02-09
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was making adjustments to a core machine when the hopper struck the employee's right hand, resulting in amputation of the right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high