Incident date: 2023-09-25
NAICS industry code: 311412

During cleaning and setup, two employees were reinserting a 5-inch barrel into a riser on a sausage forming machine. The barrel went past its set point and amputated an employee's left little fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high