Incident date: 2015-01-17
NAICS industry code: 491110

At approximately 8:05 p.m., an employee suffered a possible amputation. The employee was sweeping mail at bin #1 and her finger was caught in the belt. The finger was then dragged between the belt and roller, resulting in a 2-cm avulsion to her middle finger on her right hand.

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