Incident date: 2017-04-15
NAICS industry code: 311421

An employee was sanitizing equipment on a filling line. The drain valve was opened while his finger was in one of the filler holes. The filler then cycled and amputated his left middle fingertip above the top knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high