Incident date: 2023-12-15
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was working on a production line for citrus packing. A box with product in it became jammed in the bottom chain of a conveyor. As the employee went to free it, the rotating equipment got a hold of his glove and the employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high