Incident date: 2018-12-11
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee removed a rare earth magnet during maintenance activity in the corn processing operation. The magnet was placed on a table that attracted the magnet and his finger was caught between it and the table causing a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high