Incident date: 2022-02-02
NAICS industry code: 325211

On February 2, 2022, an employee was cleaning out a hopper that connects to a screw auger system used to charge solids to the main reactor vessel when the screw auger caught the tip of their left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high