Incident date: 2022-11-02
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was wrapping a pallet on a rotating shrink wrapper. Upon grabbing the pallet, their thumb was pinched between the pallet and the machine, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the right thumb.

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