Incident date: 2021-05-18
NAICS industry code: 311919

A temporary employee was on a ladder adjusting the volumetric filler on top of a horizontal form, fill, and seal machine. As she was making adjustments to the brush mechanism, it amputated her left middle and index fingers. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.

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