Incident date: 2018-08-15
NAICS industry code: 326111

On August 15, 2018, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was attempting to clear a jam in the feeding section on a box former machine when the employee's gloved hand was caught by the machine's shuttle carrier, causing injuries that required surgical amputation of the middle finger on the employee's left hand. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Formers-paper production
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high