Incident date: 2016-04-07
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was cleaning a chiller when a coworker turned on the equipment. The paddle in the chiller struck the employee's right hand, breaking and lacerating the middle and ring fingers. The equipment 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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate