Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was sanitizing an inline metal detector and replacing the actuator piston when the actuator cycled and amputated their left index finger at the first knuckle.

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