Incident date: 2021-08-20
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was checking to see if product was flowing through a blender. When the power to the blender was turned off, the pneumatic fly gate valve closed on the employee's left hand and amputated three fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high