Incident date: 2018-10-24
NAICS industry code: 327320

A maintenance employee was attempting to remove clogged sand from an air blower hole that was approximately 2 inches in diameter when the blower's auger amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

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