Incident date: 2024-01-02
NAICS industry code: 311999

Employees were working on a dust collector that was shut down. The system was turned back on and the impeller of the airlock system contacted the injured employee's right hand, resulting in four finger amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high