Incident date: 2018-04-26
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was using a tool to unjam a grinder machine when the grinder grabbed the tool and pulled his right hand between the tool and the framework of the grinder, de-gloving his hand and smashing his right ring fingertip. His fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: high