Incident date: 2018-02-05
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and was positioned between the top and bottom films when the machine cycled. The employee's right index finger was then caught and partially amputated in an in-running nip point. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high