Incident date: 2022-12-21
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine. Upon feeling the plastic seal head to see if it was warm, clean, and sealing properly, the machine cycled and the employee's left thumb was caught between the seal head and the mold plate. She sustained a thumb fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate