Incident date: 2024-10-04
NAICS industry code: 722513

On October 4, 2024, an employee was mixing waffle batter using a drill mixer and a cover with a hole in it to allow the mixer to enter the bowl. The employee attempted to cover the hole when the mixer contacted their right thumb, resulting in an amputation to the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high