Incident date: 2018-10-18
NAICS industry code: 326299

A maintenance employee was performing a repair on the door of a rubber mixer.  He was adjusting the limit switch under the machine. When he attempted to climb out from under the mixer, his hand was caught in the rotor. The machine cycled and three fingers on his left hand were amputated.

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