Incident date: 2025-03-06
NAICS industry code: 311423

An employee was making adjustments to and cleaning product from pelletizer processing equipment when their right hand was caught in the rotary cutter resulting in lacerations and amputation of the little finger.

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