Incident date: 2022-08-04
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was working at a heat bagger machine that puts food products into bags. While they were changing out the roll of film to create bags, the employee's left ring finger was caught in a pinch point on a belt and a pulley. The finger was medically amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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