Incident date: 2015-05-03
NAICS industry code: 722330

On or about May 3, 2015, an employee's right index fingertip was amputated when he tried to unclog an ice shaver with a plastic spoon and accidentally stepped on the control pedal, which engaged the blade.

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