Incident date: 2019-10-19
NAICS industry code: 326291

An employee opened the release latch on the bottom of a mixer to allow materials to exit the hopper. His hand then entered the latch opening and the mixer severed his left index finger. The mixer was turned on at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high