Incident date: 2023-02-03
NAICS industry code: 311111

At 2:06 a.m. on February 3, 2023, an employee was cleaning an extruder system. The employee accessed the second-level work platform to open the lids to access the auger screw used to transfer raw food to the food conditioner. As the employee was using a water hose to clean the auger, their left hand slipped from the auger's housing and into the auger opening. The auger amputated four of the employee's fingers below the first knuckle and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high