Incident date: 2021-11-24
NAICS industry code: 112340

An employee was inserting a drain plug underneath a macerator machine. The drain plug slipped from the employee's hand, and the employee's middle finger went into the drain hole and contacted the spinning auger blade. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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