Incident date: 2020-09-16
NAICS industry code: 326199

On September 16, 2020, an employee was clearing the bottom tape that had become wrapped around the crusher belt on the bag line. The machine was activated and the employee's left middle finger was caught in the crusher belt resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high