Incident date: 2020-10-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was trying to unclog a grinder's airlock. Metal paddles inside the airlock caught the employee's right index finger and thumb, amputating the finger right under the top knuckle and the thumb right above the top knuckle.

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