Incident date: 2019-11-22
NAICS industry code: 311412

At about 1:00 a.m. on November 22, 2019, a cheese cuber operator was trying to clear cheese particles from a photo eye. The machine cycled and amputated the operator's right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high