Incident date: 2024-05-01
NAICS industry code: 325998

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a spray can fill process when a spring with stored energy released, pinching their right index finger and resulting in an amputation of the finger to the second knuckle. The machine was deenergized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high