Incident date: 2016-04-16
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee shut off the screw conveyor to readjust the machine's lid and prevent ground meat from leaking onto the floor. As the employee was closing the cover of the screw conveyor, the passing fulcrum lever amputated his left ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high