Incident date: 2018-01-25
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was cleaning a dicer machine used to cut cheese curds when he contacted the star blade, resulting in an amputation of his right index fingertip and the top of his right middle finger. The machine was not completely shut down at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high