Incident date: 2018-02-02
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was attempting to clean a meat grinder by hand when the machine was activated, amputating the employee's right middle finger to the knuckle. The meat grinder was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high