Incident date: 2025-08-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was starting up the extruder machine and pulling the excess plastic that accumulates at the end of the machine. Her left ring finger was caught in the incline elevator roller. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high