Incident date: 2017-08-03
NAICS industry code: 311111

An employee was taking a product sample from an extruder machine when the employee's right index finger was caught and amputated in the moving auger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high