Incident date: 2019-01-09
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee operating a corrugated machine attempted to jostle a metal tube that was not working correctly.  When the tube moved, it activated a sensor that lowered an elevator gate down on the three middle fingertips of the employee's right hand. Her fingertips were amputated.

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