Incident date: 2019-12-14
NAICS industry code: 311211

An employee was using a stepladder to pour seasoning mix into a mixer. The scoop fell into the machine; as the employee was retrieving it, the machine amputated his right ring finger to the second knuckle and lacerated his right little finger with tendon damage. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high