Incident date: 2023-05-18
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was clearing non-conforming product off a packaging table. As the employee went to clear a piece of plastic from the trim press, the press cycled and caught the employee's left hand. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated and they sustained lacerations to the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high