Incident date: 2024-09-14
NAICS industry code: 561320

On September 14, 2024, two temporary employees were cleaning an animal molasses feed machine when one employee's hand was caught in the output valves resulting in amputation of their left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Feed grinders, crushers, mixers agricultural
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate