Incident date: 2025-08-14
NAICS industry code: 339114

An employee was clearing a jam inside a polymer drying machine. The dryer fan caught the employee's hand and amputated three fingers, two above the fingernail and one above the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high