Incident date: 2023-11-22
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee had been catching boxes as they came out of a gluing machine. The employee was working to free a box from the machine when her left middle fingertip was caught in the chain sprocket. The employee's fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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