Incident date: 2024-01-11
NAICS industry code: 325991

An employee was cleaning an extruder throat with a putty knife. The knife became caught and the employee's right index finger came into contact with the extruder screw. About 3/8 inch of the fingertip was amputated.

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