Incident date: 2025-04-22
NAICS industry code: 111219

An employee was clearing a jam in the fertilizer drill hose. The machine was activated and the door on the fertilizer drill amputated their right middle fingertip. The fingertip required surgery.

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