Incident date: 2018-03-13
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was cleaning the feed conditioner when his left index finger was caught in the rotary valve in the feed cyclone resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high