Incident date: 2017-11-01
NAICS industry code: 337125

An employee was clearing a jam on a grinder hopper when a rotating component inside the hopper amputated the employee's middle finger. The hopper was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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