Incident date: 2018-10-19
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was clearing a jam in an air filtration system when another employee re-energized the machine without realizing the injured employee was still working inside it. The blades activated and amputated four fingers of the employee's left hand.

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