Incident date: 2023-10-27
NAICS industry code: 311520

An employee was replacing a chain on a stacking equipment machine for an ice cream filler. The interlock door in the machine closed, re-energizing the machine. Three of the employee's left hand fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high