Incident date: 2022-05-17
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was filling the seed hopper on the lateral screw conveyor and leveling the seed in the hopper with his right hand when his thumb entered the discharge hole and was amputated above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Conveyors-screw, auger
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high