Incident date: 2020-10-26
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was squatting to remove a roll from the labeling machine and fell backward. The employee attempted to break her fall by grabbing the base of the machine and contacted the spindle of the machine resulting in amputation of her left index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high