Incident date: 2022-11-15
NAICS industry code: 327331

On November 15, 2022, an employee was using a pole to clear a jam of raw materials in a hopper. The pole was pulled into the hopper along with the employee's hand, which became caught between the moving conveyor belt and the hopper chute. The employee's left middle finger was partially amputated. The employee also sustained a laceration to the ring ringer, and contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high