Incident date: 2024-04-22
NAICS industry code: 325611

An employee was unclogging a hopper valve. The valve closed once it was unclogged, resulting a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high