Incident date: 2025-04-07
NAICS industry code: 323111

An employee was operating the inserter machine and was removing debris that was lodged at the divert rejection bin when his left index fingertip was caught by a belt and lacerated. The employee sustained amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Mailing and metering equipment
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high