Incident date: 2016-05-19
NAICS industry code: 311824

An employee was removing plastic from the sprocket of a machine when his right thumb was pulled in and amputated above the knuckle. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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