Incident date: 2022-01-12
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was operating a palletizer machine that wasn't running smoothly. The employee laid on his back and reached up into the machine when his finger got caught in the chain, resulting in an amputation at one of the knuckles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high