Incident date: 2017-02-02
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was cleaning the floors in the mixing room. The employee was below the running mixer and attempted to remove product residue with his right hand. His fingers contacted the rotating auger resulting in amputation of the right middle finger at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high