Incident date: 2021-12-09
NAICS industry code: 561910

A maintenance employee was cleaning the filler of a machine with a rag after residue built up when the rag was pulled into the machine and the employee's right index finger contacted a rotating part, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high