Incident date: 2016-12-17
NAICS industry code: 451120

On December 17, 2016, an employee was attempting to clear a jam during a plastic grinding process when the airlock's rotating mechanical paddle wheel caught the employee's hand. The employee's left middle and ring fingers were amputated at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high