Incident date: 2017-08-30
NAICS industry code: 311712

An employee was washing a running dicer machine with water when the machine unexpectedly turned off. The employee's hand was inside the machine attempting to turn it back on when the machine engaged, amputating the employee's right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food slicers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high