Incident date: 2016-02-13
NAICS industry code: 322221

While clearing a jam on a material grinder, an employee's fingers came into contact with the material grinder blades. The middle and ring fingers were amputated to the proximal joint. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high