Incident date: 2021-09-15
NAICS industry code: 335991

On September 15, 2021, an employee was trying to collect machined dust from the auger area of a machine. While in the small trench containing the auger, the employee slipped. His right hand was caught in the auger and severely injured. All five fingers were medically amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high