Incident date: 2017-08-29
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was working to clear a jam on the grinding machine by manually removing plastic from the chamber of the grinding machine. The rotor of the grinding machine amputated the right middle and ring fingers.

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