Incident date: 2018-07-13
NAICS industry code: 335224

On July 13, 2018, an employee was performing a change-over on a foamer. The employee was lowering the locking plate onto the plug; it was misaligned, and the employee pushed on it. The plate aligned and amputated the tip of the employee's left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high