Incident date: 2025-01-24
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was using a metal rod that was approximately 1-2 feet long to poke upward toward the product and unplug a bin that was plugged. The gate under the bin is controlled by the neighboring facility, which closed the gate while the rod was still inside it. The rod was pushed against the employee's finger, trapping it against an adjacent wall and resulting in a partial amputation through the phalanx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Grain, forage, feed processing and handling machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high