Incident date: 2016-12-06
NAICS industry code: 311824

An employee was attempting to unclog a transfer auger and had removed three to four bolts from the housing. The employee was scraping the product with the left hand when the left middle finger was caught in a pinch point between the auger and casing, amputating half of the finger. The auger was turning at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high