Incident date: 2016-12-14
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was operating a cartridge seal machine when the machine jogged, pinching her finger between the seal transfer and seal cutting die. Her left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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