Incident date: 2018-02-24
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was unjamming a cardboard compactor with a metal rod. The compactor pulled the metal rod in and the employee's hand was caught in the compactor, resulting in partial amputation of the ring finger on the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high