Incident date: 2016-09-14
NAICS industry code: 325212

An employee was removing built-up rubber from the inside of a baling machine. As he was standing on a ladder to reach the top side of the machine, his hand was caught in the cover ram, amputating parts of his left index, middle, and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high