Incident date: 2019-09-25
NAICS industry code: 311411

An employee was checking the source of dripping water on dust collector equipment after cleaning, before production start up. While the employee's right hand was below a vacuum air rotary valve on the bottom end of the dust collector's filter unit (about 3 feet above the floor), air flow moved the employee's right middle finger upward into an internal rotating component. The employee's fingertip was lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate