Incident date: 2022-04-19
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was operating an industrial mixer and attempting to break free bridged off powder in the conveyor. The powder broke free, and the employee's right thumb was caught between conveyor and housing resulting in amputation through the first distal phalanx.

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