Incident date: 2022-09-22
NAICS industry code: 311812

On September 22, 2022, an employee was operating a packing machine when their glove was caught in a belt and pulley and pulled into the small opening of the heat sealer. The employee's left thumb was fractured and the tuft was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high