Incident date: 2023-08-18
NAICS industry code: 325211

On August 18, 2023, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was pulling product sheets from a line in the extrusion department when the machine jammed. The employee attempted to extract the trapped products when a cutter on the machine contacted their left hand, resulting in an amputation of the tip of their thumb and a laceration to their index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high