Incident date: 2023-05-03
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was searching for pieces of a broken ball check valve around the rotating filler valve when the valve closed on their fingertip. Their left index finger was amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.

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