Incident date: 2015-10-21
NAICS industry code: 327211

An employee was making an adjustment to a pneumatic strapper head that was energized. Pneumatic pressure kicked back pinching the employee's right ring finger between the adjustment tool and the metal plating causing a loss of soft tissue (no bone) requiring surgical repair.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate