Incident date: 2018-09-12
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was slicing a zucchini on a floor mixer with a slicer attachment when the zucchini became lodged in the slicer. The employee was attempting to dislodge it when the top portion of the employee's left ring finger was caught in the slicer, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high