Incident date: 2024-05-07
NAICS industry code: 332510

An employee was running an automated packing machine when a part got lodged in the machine gating. When the employee attempted to remove the blockage, her finger was caught between the gate and the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high