Incident date: 2018-04-17
NAICS industry code: 324191

An employee was clearing a polymer jam buildup in a hydraulic chopping machine when the hydraulic blade cycled and caught the employee's finger between the blade and the bottom metal block. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the second joint.

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