Incident date: 2025-07-08
NAICS industry code: 311813

An employee was filling a hopper that deposited blueberries in muffin trays. Two plastic plates inside the equipment closed, pinching and amputating the employee's left ring fingertip. The equipment was running and unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high