Incident date: 2024-07-15
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was cleaning dough from a corn meal sifter. The tip of their left middle finger was pinched off, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
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