Incident date: 2015-10-08
NAICS industry code: 3261

An employee was cleaning out a knife gate. The equipment was turned off. While using an airline and nozzle to blow out material the airline hit the on/off switch and the gate was activated. The employee's thumb was crushed under the gate and amputated by the machine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high