Incident date: 2019-11-29
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was performing machine startup. The employee went to check the torque on the rotary valve and his fingers were caught in moving parts. The employee sustained lacerations to the left index and middle fingers, and the left ring finger was amputated to the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high