Incident date: 2017-08-09
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was monitoring packages being filled on a vertical form fill machine when the machine jammed. While she was trying remove the jam, the blades closed on her left hand. She suffered third degree burns and contusions on her left hand and fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate