Incident date: 2025-01-22
NAICS industry code: 111130

A packaging machine had just been filled with beans and started when a poly tube entered the machine. An employee was clearing this potential jam when his left index finger was caught between the bag sealer and a pneumatic bar that holds bags in place for sealing. The fingertip was amputated. The machine had a protective interlocked screen at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high