Incident date: 2019-12-09
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was operating a mini-grinder. The equipment jammed; while the employee was trying to unjam it, the running paddles caught and amputated the employee's left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high