Incident date: 2024-05-02
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was clearing a jam in the starch reclamation system when his right hand became caught in the motor, resulting in a trans-distal amputation to their right thumb and index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: high