Incident date: 2023-07-10
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was teaching others how to use a vertical form-fill seal machine that puts powder into a bag when his left hand was caught on the sealing area of the machine as it clamped. His middle finger was crushed and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high