Incident date: 2016-12-09
NAICS industry code: 326192

An employee was clearing compound material (resin) from the hopper above a jammed extruder machine when his fingers became pinched between the hopper and the extruder. His left index and middle fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high