Incident date: 2022-03-31
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was in the process of a recipe change-over and was pushing product inside the extruder. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught in the extruder's agitator and amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high