Incident date: 2024-03-27
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee got on top of an aseptic food and beverage carton filling machine to remove a piece of loose metal that was in the way when the machine cycled and the shear contacted his hand, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

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