Incident date: 2017-10-19
NAICS industry code: 325910

On October 19, 2017, at approximately 10:15 AM, an employee was cleaning a vacuum conveying system when an automatic mechanical valve closed on his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation to his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-pneumatic
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high