Incident date: 2024-09-01
NAICS industry code: 311423

An employee was unclogging a pearler machine when the blade amputated their right thumb. The machine was running and was unguarded at the time.

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 involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high