Incident date: 2025-04-14
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was observing meat product exiting a mixing machine. They went to remove meat product from the machine when the auger contacted their right index fingertip, resulting in an amputation. The machine was in operation and guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high