Incident date: 2018-10-01
NAICS industry code: 722211

An employee was adjusting food in a food chopper when the blade severely injured the third and fourth fingers on the employee's right hand. The middle finger was partially amputated, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high