Incident date: 2024-09-17
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was operating a pivot dumper bin to dump sausage into a machine that sends it through a stuffer. As the bin was being lowered, the employee's hand was on the
hydraulic ram causing a pinch injury resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high