Incident date: 2018-11-15
NAICS industry code: 334419

An employee was operating a heat shrink cutting machine when she attempted to adjust the chute. The plastic window/guard came off the machine and her hand entered the machine, contacting moving parts. She suffered an amputation of the middle finger on her right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high