Incident date: 2024-12-17
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was lubricating the chain of the incline conveyor of a tape machine when their right thumb became caught in the chain. The employee sustained an amputation of the thumb at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high