Incident date: 2017-07-13
NAICS industry code: 325193

An employee had removed an old hammer mill screen and was installing the new screen when his right ring finger was pinched between the hammer mill's support cage bracket and the hammer mill screen, amputating the distal phalanx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high