Incident date: 2022-03-23
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was cleaning a meat grinder. The machine activated and the spinning worm drive auger amputated his right ring finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high