Incident date: 2018-02-26
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was attempting to remove food that was stuck in a scallion machine when her left hand contacted the blade, amputating her pointer, middle, index, and pinky fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high