Incident date: 2018-12-18
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee's right ring finger was caught between the hydraulic cylinder of the juice line press and the cylinder stopper while helping to transfer pineapple juice into a transfer cart to be used on another line. This resulted in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high