Incident date: 2023-02-01
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was preparing to perform maintenance on a dryer dust collector. The employee's hand was caught in the vain feeder, resulting in four right finger amputations. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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