Incident date: 2023-10-27
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was cleaning a concrete mixer. They were manually moving the mixing blade when their left thumb was caught between the blade and the wall of the mixer. Their thumb was amputated from the first knuckle up.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high