Incident date: 2017-09-01
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was working on a shrink wrapping machine when the side seal became wrapped around the seal bar. As the employee was trying to remove the side seal, the machine's blade cut and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high