Incident date: 2021-11-04
NAICS industry code: 339991

An employee operating an auto separator pulled a broken piece of rubber out of the machine.  When the employee freed up the piece of rubber, the machine's plucker activated and caught their finger, resulting in an amputation.

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