Incident date: 2021-09-04
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was unloading animal feed from a trailer through an auger. The feed got plugged, and the employee was clearing the auger when his left hand was caught in it. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high