Incident date: 2024-07-01
NAICS industry code: 311999

On July 1, 2024, an employee was using a tool to unclog the chute of the dicer machine when the tool caught on one of the inside blades, causing the tool to jerk upward and pinch the employee's finger between the tool and the top of the chute. The employee sustained an amputation to their left index fingertip/fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high