Incident date: 2017-09-20
NAICS industry code: 325314

An employee was attempting to clear dust from around a rotary valve when his right index finger entered the valve and was amputated above the first knuckle. The rotary valve plug was removed at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high