Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2015-07-01 | Nunda | New York | Once Again Nut Butter Collective, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee lifted the hinged cover of a peanut bin/hopper and put his left hand in the bin. A moving auger inside the bin caught his left-hand ring finger and amputated the fingertip. The bin cover was not interlocked, and the production line was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. |