Incident date: 2024-09-25
NAICS industry code: 311942

An employee was cleaning the hopper and auger of a spice packing machine. The employee put the auger in reverse to clear a jam in the machine when their right index finger was caught in the auger, resulting in two fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate