Incident date: 2019-10-09
NAICS industry code: 322299

An employee operating a tiara machine began to jog (actuate) the machine. The foil band did not feed through the cutter into the mandrel. The employee was attempting to straighten the band when the employee's right third finger was caught by the cutter, resulting in a fracture and laceration to the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate