Incident date: 2024-03-26
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was wiping down a chain link on a popcorn popper with a hand towel when the towel got caught in the chain link along with his left index fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

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