Incident date: 2024-01-15
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was performing maintenance on a potato sizer line when the fingertips on his left hand were pinched between the belt and pulley. The employee's left index, middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated before the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Grain, forage, feed processing and handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high