Incident date: 2021-12-06
NAICS industry code: 326160

An employee was checking the regrind material level in a machine's regrinding bin. Noticing that the level was high, the employee opened the bin door and saw some handle slugs on top of the material. The employee, believing there was a clog, reached through the bin and into the blender's throat. The low-level sensor became uncovered, causing the slide gate of the blender to close and catch the end of the employee's right middle finger. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high