Incident date: 2020-03-11
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was trying to clear a jam in a line so that flour would feed from a hopper. The employee's right middle finger was caught between a chain and a hook; the first digit of the right middle finger was amputated.

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