Incident date: 2016-04-07
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was inspecting a rotary valve airlock system. He opened a hatch to see if it was plugged and attempted to move some plugged material. He contacted the internal rotating parts, partially amputating three left-hand fingers.

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