Incident date: 2024-01-31
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was removing debris from a cheese cooker as it was being assembled. A valve in the machine (designed to divert material when metal is detected) triggered and injured the employee's right hand. He suffered a partial amputation to the middle finger, as well as a cut on the ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Heating and cooking machinery, appliances  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high