Incident date: 2015-09-19
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was cleaning the fryer machine located in a Tyson Food poultry plant and partially amputated his left ring finger. The machine was not locked or tagged out when the employee removed the guard and was cleaning the machine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Broiling and frying equipment and appliances
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high