Incident date: 2023-04-27
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was working in the cooling line area. He was picking up a clamp that had fallen between two rails when his hand was caught between a cart and the hydraulic mechanism that pulls the carts. His middle finger sustained an avulsion and was surgically amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high