Incident date: 2021-11-26
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was replacing bearings on a blow mold machine. The employee was putting bearings into place with a rubber mallet when the shaft slipped and fell on top of employee's right hand, resulting in partial amputation to their right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high