Incident date: 2022-11-07
NAICS industry code: 311813

An employee was assisting in servicing a batter depositor machine as a maintenance technician worked on the control panel. The employee's hand was caught in the rotary valve as the machine cycled. The employee suffered a laceration to the middle finger through the bone, which resulted in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

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