Incident date: 2023-09-22
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was cleaning an extruder line when they observed that the purge was not coming out the other end. The employee was checking the feed throat for a clog when the auger caught their left fingers, resulting in amputations to their ring and middle fingers.

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