Incident date: 2022-09-12
NAICS industry code: 311520

An employee was clearing out product that had accumulated in an ice cream machine's crunch basin when his right middle finger was caught in the machine. The employee suffered an avulsion and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate