Incident date: 2024-08-14
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was washing a food peeler machine when the cover closed on his right middle finger and amputated the fingertip. The nail is still intact.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high