Incident date: 2016-07-22
NAICS industry code: 326160

While cleaning the interior of a regrind tank an employee sustained a right ring finger amputation and a partial middle finger amputation. The rotating valves were not guarded at the time.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high