Incident date: 2018-04-04
NAICS industry code: 333241

An employee was testing the assembly of a blade part on food processing equipment. He was leaning on a chest-high conveyor while his left hand was between the conveyor and the blade when the blade toggle switch was turned on. The blade then cut and amputated his left index finger and thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high