Incident date: 2018-01-05
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was helping two other associates close a door to a cardboard baler. The injured employee and a coworker were pushing on the door while another was operating the baler controls. The injured employee instructed a coworker to close the hydraulic clamp that closes the door. The hydraulic clamp crushed the employee's four left-hand fingers (index through pinky) between the door and hydraulic clamp. The fingers were amputated.

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