Incident date: 2017-08-09
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee was cleaning the shaft of a mixer with a solvent soaked rag and reached over to turn down the speed of the mixer. The rag on his hand wrapped around the rotating shaft, pulling on his left middle finger and amputating it at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Paint mixing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high