Incident date: 2019-10-12
NAICS industry code: 325520

An employee was clearing a jam on a stem cartridge filling machine when his left index finger was caught between a pneumatic plunger and the frame of the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The air source was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high