Incident date: 2022-01-05
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was packaging birdseed when a piece of poly got stuck inside the machine. The employee attempted to clear the piece off the machine when a pulley on the machine contacted their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high