Incident date: 2022-12-09
NAICS industry code: 326199

On December 9, 2022, an employee was clearing a jam of product on a labeler conveyor when he contacted the nip point on the conveyor rollers and sustained an amputation to the right middle and index fingers. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Product labeling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high