Incident date: 2018-09-25
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was shoveling inedible scraps from the floor into a small tote to dispose of them when his hand reached up and into a meat grinder's moving auger, resulting in the amputation of his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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