Incident date: 2023-01-20
NAICS industry code: 311830

An employee was packaging tortillas in boxes when she noticed a tortilla stuck underneath the bagger conveyor. As she went to grab it, her right ring finger became caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high