Incident date: 2017-12-13
NAICS industry code: 311615

On December 13, 2017, an employee propped up a metal hopper with a wrench. The employee was looking for an O-ring that came out of the hopper when the wrench slipped. The hopper then fell and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high