Incident date: 2018-11-22
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was feeding whole fruit and vegetables into the feeder chute of a food processor.  A pepper became stuck in the feeder chute; as he advanced it down the chute, the blade struck his middle finger and severed the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high