Incident date: 2023-09-08
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was performing routine sanitation activities at a silo in the processing room. They went to grab a piece of meat from an auger when the auger started. The employee's left hand became caught in the auger resulting in amputation of their little finger and crushing of their index, middle, and ring fingers.

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