Incident date: 2022-09-18
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was trying to clean out a valve clogged with flour. Once cleared, the valve actuated and amputated the employee's left ring fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high