Incident date: 2017-10-13
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was attempting to clean a hopper screen when his right-hand index and middle fingers were caught and amputated by the blades of the hopper's dust collection system. The hopper was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high