Incident date: 2017-05-11
NAICS industry code: 327213

An employee was adjusting a lower deflector trough. As he pulled his hand away and across his body, his right index fingertip was pinched in a baffle. The force of the pinch amputated his fingertip. He was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high