Incident date: 2024-06-14
NAICS industry code: 315990

An employee was pulling fur out of a blower machine when the tip of their glove was caught by the chain on the blower, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Special process machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high