Incident date: 2024-10-04
NAICS industry code: 221121

An employee was clearing a clog in an ice blowing machine. The employee's left hand came into contact with rotary valve blades that were in operation and he sustained amputations to his middle and index fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high