Incident date: 2019-06-08
NAICS industry code: 327999

An employee was trying to unclog a pipe to a discharge bag when a rotary blade inside the valve amputated the fingers on the employee's left hand. The machine was energized at the time.

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