Incident date: 2024-04-16
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was removing sealed containers from a press machine when the machine was activated and the employee's left thumb was caught between the press and sealed containers. The thumb tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high