Incident date: 2021-09-17
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was pushing a limit switch on a bailer. The bailer cycled and amputated the employee's thumb.

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