Incident date: 2023-01-05
NAICS industry code: 311999

On January 5, 2023, an employee was operating a ketchup bottle labeling machine that used a roller system to pump glue onto the labels. Their left hand was crushed in the labeler machine, resulting in a ring finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Product labeling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high