Incident date: 2015-07-06
NAICS industry code: 326299

An employee was removing a full "super sack" from beneath the dust collector. A red light indicated a blockage or full sack. The employee attempted to clear the blockage. She reached up into the rotary valve, which still had power. A paddle in the valve caught her right thumb.

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