Incident date: 2022-05-18
NAICS industry code: 111998

An employee was making an adjustment on the flower pack machine when the capper piston/plunger activated and amputated the employee's right pinky fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high