Incident date: 2024-12-10
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating an extruder. After he removed the blind flange where the rotary valve wipers were located, his left index and ring fingers were caught in a two-inch opening and both fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high