Incident date: 2022-12-12
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was reaching down to clean off a chain on the fourth-stage molding line when the chain caught his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high