Incident date: 2015-07-09
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee amputated the left middle fingertip when he tried to clear a clog on machine #4.  He applied pressure to the foot pedal of the machine which actuated a machine part cutting off the tip of his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high