Incident date: 2017-02-13
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was cleaning trim extruders on the lower side of a locked out auger. During the cleaning process, the equipment was unlocked. At that time, the employee's right finger entered the auger's drain port and was amputated.

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