Incident date: 2015-10-20
NAICS industry code: 335222

An employee was starting up an extrusion machine when the machine "kicked out" or faulted. The employee's gloved hand was caught in the auger. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger between the first and second digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high