Incident date: 2024-06-02
NAICS industry code: 311512

An employee was unclogging the drain of a butter trolley that is used to transport churned butter to be packaged. His right middle finger contacted the auger at the bottom of the trolley resulting in amputation at the middle knuckle. The drain was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high