Incident date: 2016-09-16
NAICS industry code: 115114

An employee was attempting to set up a dryer system to dry peanuts before shipment to a processing facility. The employee's right hand went through the grating of the face of the dryer and the fan blades amputated three fingers. The dryer was in operation at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery 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