Incident date: 2017-04-06
NAICS industry code: 622110

On April 6, 2017, an employee was cleaning the coffee grinder of an espresso machine when a door to the machine's hopper opened. As the employee was attempting to close the door, he made contact with the hopper and the piston came down, amputating his right index finger between the base of his fingernail and the first knuckle joint.

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