Incident date: 2019-02-19
NAICS industry code: 722310

An employee was running a microwave bagging machine. A belt jammed; while the employee was fixing the jam, the employee's right index finger was amputated up to the first knuckle. 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high