Incident date: 2024-02-05
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was operating a mixing machine. While tightening the chuck/mixer/rotating part, the employee's right hand was caught in the mixer and their little finger was amputated below the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high