Incident date: 2018-09-19
NAICS industry code: 111110

An employee was operating a combine to harvest soybeans when an access door became unlatched, exposing a rotating auger. As the employee attempted to re-latch the door, the rotating auger amputated the distal phalanx of the employee's third right finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Combines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high