Incident date: 2022-12-13
NAICS industry code: 311824

On December 13, 2022, an employee lifted a lid on a dump hopper and removed the magnetic grate. The employee was using a clipboard to push product on the sides of the hopper when the auger pulled in the clipboard and the employee's left hand, amputating two fingers and the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high