Incident date: 2024-10-18
NAICS industry code: 311111

On October 18, 2024, at approximately 9:35 a.m., an employee was attempting to clear a clog/jam in the filling machine while co-workers were preparing to purge the machine and begin startup. While clearing the clog, the filling machine actuated and the employee's index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high