Incident date: 2015-07-21
NAICS industry code: 112112

An employee was attempting to clear a blockage in a corn flaker. The equipment was shut down and locked out at the time. The employee removed a corn cob from the rollers when residual pressure from the rollers smashed the employee's fingertips, resulting in an amputation of the middle left-hand finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high