Incident date: 2024-05-12
NAICS industry code: 324122

An employee was troubleshooting an obstructed granule flow from a silo to a granule belt when the actuator gate closed, pinching their right index fingertip and resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high