Incident date: 2025-08-14
NAICS industry code: 311941

On August 14, 2025, an employee was priming a pump that was failing to pump mustard. The employee took a water hose and started water into the pump. The employee's finger slipped off the nozzle of the hose and came into contact with the pump's impellers, causing the employee to suffer an amputation to the right index finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Pumps  except oil well
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high