Incident date: 2015-05-15
NAICS industry code: 326111

On or about May 15, 2015, at approximately 8:00 a.m., an employee was trying to troubleshoot a hopper that was not filling properly. She took the cap off of the hopper and pulled back on an air cylinder.  The air cylinder was on a timer; it actuated as she pulled on it and caught her left ring finger in the movement, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high