Incident date: 2022-03-15
NAICS industry code: 238110

On March 15, 2022, an employee was adding cement as part of building an underground pool when he found a piece of small rock stuck on the screen covering a mixing machine. As he tried to remove it, the machine's rotating metal blade amputated his left index finger about a half inch from the tip. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high