Incident date: 2022-06-08
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was using a high-pressure air gun to clear a jam in the augers of a machine when the machine was activated, contacting the employee's finger and resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high