Incident date: 2024-07-31
NAICS industry code: 326112

A maintenance employee was working on a dust collector at the chute when the equipment cycled and his right-hand fingers were caught by the paddlewheel. The employee's index and middle fingers were amputated at the first knuckle and the ring and little fingers were amputated at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high