Incident date: 2017-10-06
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was cleaning wet corn out of a probe used to check grain that is brought in by truck. The employee's left thumb was in the middle gate when the control room closed the gate, amputating his thumb at the middle knuckle.

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