Incident date: 2018-11-22
NAICS industry code: 311942

An employee was cleaning out the salt in a pellet press with an air hose when the air hose wand was pulled into the press by the rollers. As the air hose wand was forced upward by the rollers, the employee's hand was caught in between the air hose handle and the frame on the press' latch door. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated and the same finger was fractured.

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