Incident date: 2023-09-18
NAICS industry code: 327120

An employee was securing a bulk bag to the discharge chute below a dust collector when his right hand slipped and contacted the blades of the rotary valve. The employee sustained amputation of four fingers on the right hand. The chute was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high