Incident date: 2018-04-06
NAICS industry code: 311422

An employee was lifting a metal grate off the top of a ribbon blender when the grate slipped. The employee almost dropped the grate, which tipped toward the back of the ribbon blender. His hand slipped down to the bottom of the grate where his finger became pinched between the grate and the stop point of the gate. His left small fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high