Incident date: 2017-04-04
NAICS industry code: 325411

The employee was beginning the clean-in-place process. The employee disconnected the air line which de-energized the valve causing it to close on the employee's right index finger and amputate the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high