Incident date: 2024-11-12
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was rinsing a grinder machine. Their hand contacted the rotating auger while removing a piece of meat and the auger blade amputated a fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Meat grinders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high