Incident date: 2021-07-15
NAICS industry code: 115115

An employee was monitoring an automated onion bagging machine. The employee noticed a piece of scrap wood stuck in the staple machine. After he removed it, the machine cycled and a staple went through his left middle fingertip. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sealing, stapling machinery
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate