Incident date: 2025-07-02
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was making adjustments on the curtain of an apron machine when their right little finger became caught in the crushing unit of the machine. The employee sustained an amputation past the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high