Incident date: 2016-04-20
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was replacing a belt on a bagging machine when it activated. The machine jaws amputated a portion of the employee's left middle finger. Lockout/tag-out procedures were not followed at the time of the incident.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high