Incident date: 2021-03-23
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was running production on a chopper machine when material got stuck behind the blade. While clearing the material, the machine cycled and amputated his right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high