Incident date: 2020-02-23
NAICS industry code: 311812

On February 23, 2020, at approximately 12:30 a.m. an employee was working in a commercial bakery on a bread line machine where the dough is rolled into a loaf. The employee needed to clean the machine top belt, which is done by manually opening the top of the belt in a door-like fashion. The employee finished cleaning the belt and when he closed the belt manually, the employee's left pinky finger was closed in the belt and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high