Incident date: 2021-09-07
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was starting up machines after a holiday. Noticing a jam on the powder feed system, he tried to remove a valve. The butterfly mechanism in the valve closed and amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high