Incident date: 2022-12-03
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was preparing to clean a cheese packaging machine. When clearing a clump of powder from the machine, her fingers were caught in the screw auger. The employee sustained a thumb amputation and a partial amputation to the index finger.

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