Incident date: 2017-03-06
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was loading a bin with catfish feed when the machine clogged. The employee tried to clear the clog and caught their left hand in the rollers resulting in amputation of four fingers. The guard was removed at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high