Incident date: 2018-10-11
NAICS industry code: 424470

Employees were cleaning a mixing machine. The injured employee was attempting to remove meat when the other employee rotated the mixer blades, resulting in an amputation of the injured employee's right hand above the wrist. The injured employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high