Incident date: 2020-08-14
NAICS industry code: 323117

At about 8:00 a.m. on August 14, 2020, an employee was adjusting a binding machine when its feed hopper lowered and crushed the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was medically amputated. The machine's safety interlock was not operational at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bindery machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high