Incident date: 2019-01-09
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was operating the patty machine and was wiping off excess meat when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger between the first and second distal joints.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high