Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 334613

An employee was cleaning out a hopper filter when their index finger contacted the fan blade of the vacuum loader motor. The employee sustained an amputation of the first knuckle of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Other miscellaneous machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high