Incident date: 2022-02-15
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was using a 4-foot paddle to clean out a hopper that discharges pet-chew product into an extruder. The paddle contacted the extruder's auger and was pulled into the hopper. The employee's finger was cut by a sharp edge on the hopper. He sustained a partial fingertip amputation with an open fracture. The hopper was running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high