Incident date: 2023-10-06
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was cleaning a tablet press machine. The employee's cleaning rag and left glove got caught on the turret of the machine resulting in amputation of their ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high