Incident date: 2024-01-04
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was checking the labeler for a bad bearing while moving the belt with his left hand. The machine was jogged, causing the employee's right index and middle finger to get caught in the drive pulley. The right index and middle fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Product labeling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high