Incident date: 2017-12-03
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was reassembling a milk/fat centrifugal separator. An overhead hoist was lowering stainless steel disks into the separator housing when the employee's left small finger was caught under the disks. The sharp edges of the disks amputated the employee's fingertip (1/4 inch).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high