Incident date: 2020-03-08
NAICS industry code: 112210

Two employees were working on a feed line. They had shut the power off to the feed auger and were clearing a rock from it. Once the rock was pried free, the auger swung back to its normal position and amputated one employee's right index fingertip, also lacerating the employee's right middle and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high