Incident date: 2019-11-30
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee was attempting to clear material that was on fire inside a lint cleaning machine. The employee turned off the power and reached in to remove the burning material. The blade cleaning drum was still rotating and contacted the employee's hand. As a result, the employee sustained a thumb amputation and fingertip amputations to the middle and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high